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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
UNITED STATES TO EUROPE BY
RAIL ROUTE.
Dazzling Scheme to Tunnel Under
Behring Strait, Alaska, to Siberia.

Dazzling Scheme to Tunnel Unde,
Behring Strait, Alaska, to Siberia.
st. Petersburg.-A more favorable
attitude is being taken here toward
the dazzling scheme for a tunnel un-
der Behring strait and an all-rail
route from the United States to Eu-
rope. Baron de Lobel representing
the American Trans-Alasltan Siberian
company, is again pressing the project
vigorously. and has made considerable
progress toward securing desired
concession from Russia.
A distinct party of the government,
which has the sympathy of Premier
White, earnestly favors closer COM
mercial relations between, the United
States and Russia, and this project
appeals to 1t. not only as a method
for accomplishing this end, but for de-
veloping the resources of Siberia.
Emperor Nicholas has created q
mixed commission before which Baron
de Lobel will make a final argument.
March 16. and ask for eighteen
months In which to complete arrange
ments and ten years to finish the road
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
SUSAN q. ANTHONY DEAD.
Great suffragist succumbs to Attack
Of Heart Failure.

Rochester. N. Y.-The long and
eventful life Of Susan B. Anthony
closed at 1910 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The end came peacefully. Miss
Anthony had been unconscious prac-
tically for twenty-four hours. and her
death had been momentarily expected
since Sunday night. Only her wonder.
full constitution kept her alive. DR..
Nj. S. Kicker, her attending physician,
said Miss Anthony died Of heart fail
ure. induced by double pneumonia.
Miss Anthony was taken i'll on her
way home from the national suffrage
convention in Baltimore. She stopped
in New York, where a banquet was
to be given February 20 in honor of
her eighty-sixth birthday. but had an
attack Of neuralgia on the 18th, and
fastened home. Pneumonia developed
after her arrival here. and on March
both lungs became affected.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
OFFICIALS ARRAiGNED.
Decide to Enter No Plea Until a Later
Date.

Caldwell, Idaho.-Moyer, Haywood
and Pettibone were arraigned before
Judge Smith Friday morning. They
entered no plea, having decided to
wait until next Friday morning at 10
O'Clock to answer to the charge. AS
has already been told, the men were
indicted Jointly with John l.. Slmpkins
for the murder of former Governor
Steunenberg on the Both day of De-
cember. The men, heavily guarded
but not shackled, were taken from
Boise early in the morning and brought
back and returned to the penitentiary
Immediately after noon.
With his face turned toward the
sunshine that streamed in great
golden flood through the wide window
near him, Meyer, head of the Western
Federation of Miners, stood in the lit
tie court room and listened without
appearing to listen to the reading OF
the long indictment against him. Next
to Meyer stood Pettibone. Haywood
was at Petitioners right. Both Hay
wood and Pettibone listened intently
to the reading. Meyer gave no out
ward manifestation of interest.
1t is set up in the indictment that
the men personally supervised the
construction of the bomb and the
placing thereof. Two specific charges
are made. The first is that the de-
PENDANTS discharged the bomb them.
selves in some manner to the jury un-
known. The second is that they so ar
ranged the bomb that Steunenberg
himself, by opening the gate at which
he was killed, upset some sulphuric
acid in the Internal machine, and that
the said acid exploded the dynamite
caps, giant powder and other material
of which the bomb was made.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
CHICAGO WINS VICTORY.
Way to Municipal Ownership Made
. ~ Clear by Courts.

Chicago.-By the decision Of the
United States supreme court handed
down Monday. the city Of Chicago OBJ
tains almost complete control OF the
local traction situation. The decision
sustains the acts OF the state legisla-
turc extending the life of the char
tiers of the street railway companies
to ninety-nine years, but does not sus-
tain the contention of the companies
that contract rights which are limited
to fewer years than remain to the
charter life Of the companies are also
extended. Contracts or ordinances OF
the city limiting the use OF
the streets by the companies are up
held, and the rights OF the companies
In the streets are held to expire ac-
cording to the expressed terms of the
ordinances
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Two Thousand In Isle of Pines.

havana. - Dryden Fulton, who was
appointed to take the census OF the
Isle of Pines and who was arrested
by the Cuban authorities because he
did not have their permission to do
so, has arrived here. He says the GEN.
sus was practically completed before
the Cubans stopped the work. He
says there are less than 1000 inhab-
itants on the island and estimates the
number OF Cubans at 1000 and actuai
Americans at about 700. |".s
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
WOMEN IN BATTLE.
Mingled With Filipino Warriors and
Were Killed During Fierce Fight.

Manila.-Brigadier General Bliss
made q reconnaissance toward Mount
Dajo during the week previous to the
attack of the American force upon
the Moro stronghold there, but 1t had
no effect upon the hostile attitude Of
the outlaws.
An unofficial report says that the
families OF the Moros remained in the
village located in the center Of the
crater at the apex of the mountain,
and the women and children mingled
with the warriors during the battle
to such an extent that II was impossi-
BILE to discriminate, and all were
killed In the fierce onslaught,
All of the men who were wounded
In the recent fight with the Moros at
Mount Dajo are reported to be In ia.
vorable condition.
Six organizations Of the troops
which came from Mindanao are either
en- route home or have been ordered
TO return to their headquarters. Jolo
is quiet and the sultan and head mel
have reported that general satisfac'
ton is being expressed over the ex-
termination of the outlaws.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Were Looking for Excitement.

New York.-Four young men who
were arrested near Passaic, N. j..
charged with attempting to wreck al
east-bound Buffalo express train on
the Delaware, Lackawanna g. Western
railroad, have confessed that this was
their sixth attempt at train wreck
ing. All Of the attempts were made
in the vicinity of Passaic They said
the only reason for the acts was de-
sire to see the excitement which
would result
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Price Of Coal viii Stand.

New York.-The price of hard coal
will not be raised in New York city
at least. even II there is a strike. &c.
cording to a statement issued by the
newly created publicity bureau Of the
anthracite operators. This bureau was
started Saturday by the committee OF
seven operators which Is now consid-
ering the miners demands. The state.
ment Is as follows: "The anthracite
coal operators now have stored in
and about this city 100000 tons of
coal ready for consumers. 1t has been
decided that whether there is strike
or not the price of coal {. o. b. will not
be raised {"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Money to Defend Officials.

Denver Colo.-A mass meeting was
held in Coliseum hall at which
speeches were made In protest against
the arrest of officials of the Western
Federation of Miners, now held in
Idaho in connection with the Steunen-
berg case, Eugene V. Debs was billed
to speak, but did not appear. and Il is
understood he was not in the city at
all, No explanation of his absence
was given. A sum of money was raised
to aid In the defense Of Meyer, Hay.
wood and Pettibone.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Requlsition for ST. John.

Denver, Colo.-Governor Mcdonald
has issued a requisition upon the gov
ernor of Idaho for the return to Cole
RADIO Of Vincent st. John, now under
arrest at Boise, Ida, In connection
with the steunenberg assassination.
The application was made by District
Attorney Selig of Telluride county,
Colorado, and is an outgrowth of the
murder of Benjamin Burnham during
labor troubles there. while st. John
was president Of the union.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Murdered His Uncle.

Pagosa Springs, Colo.-An armed
guard has been placed around the jail
here to prevent lynching OF Carl Weir.
who has confessed to having murdered
his uncle. Joseph Weir, whose body
was found on the 9th inst, hidden In
o clump of oak brush at lonely spot
in Blanco Basin. twenty miles from
this town. The murdered man was
known to have had over $4,000 In cash
and drafts and the money was found
in his nephew's possession when he
was arrested.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Attempted TO Pass Between Cars and
10 Crushed to Death.

San Bernardino. Cal.-William r.
Hopkins, about 25 years of age, Of
Arlington. Riverside county, was
killed Sunday night in the Santa Fe
yards at Cotton. Hopkins, who was
travelling from Riverside to San Ber-
nardino on the Salt Lake road.
stepped from the train and walked in
between two boxcars at Cotton. A
Santa Fe switch engine backed down.
pushed a car over Hopkins. the wheels
cutting his body nearly In two.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Nephew Accused Of Crime.

Denver.-A News special from Pa
gosa Springs, Colo. says that the
dead body of George Weir, who was
at one time an inmate Of the soldiers
home at Leavenworth. Kan, but more
recently has been living on ranch
near here. was found In clump OF
bushes by a searching party organ
ICED after 1t became known that Weir
was missing from his ranch. Oral
Weir. his nephew. aged 20 years. Is
under arrest pending investigation of
the cause OF the elder Weir's death.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Went Over the Bridge.

Rome.--The marchioness of Corsinl.
formerly Princess Barberni, was
killed Thursday by the overturning of
automobile In which che was riding
with her husband, who Is King Victor
Emmanuel's master of horse. The
marchioness, who was 90 years old,
was driving the automobile, her nus
band, so years, sitting beside her.
While crossing a bridge In the sub.
urbs, seeing cart approaching. the
marchioness essayed to turn ont 10
give the cart safe roadway.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Boiler Explosion Kills Two.

Gold Run, Cal.--As the result of the
explosion of the boiler of locomotive
No. 1917, between Cape Horn and
Gold Run, on the Southern Pacific
road, Fireman D. w Austin of Rock
lin and Brakeman w, p, Frazier OF
Sacramento are dead and Engineer f.
Doran of Rocklin Is probably mortal
~ wounded. The explosion was one
of the most extraordinary accidents
that ever occurred on the mountain
division. II was caused by the water
In the boiler becoming too low, prob
ably the fault of the engineer.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
Taft to be Appointed to the Supreme
Bench. t

Washington.-The Post says: Presi.
dent Roosevelt has decided to appoint
William II. Taft Of Ohio, now secre.
tary of war, to the next vacancy in
the United States supreme court. That
vacancy Is TO be created by the volun.
tary retirement of Associate Justice
Henry B. Brown. who was appointed
in 1890 by President Harrison from
the state Of Michigan. When Chief
Justice Fuller retires, provided IL Is
during the administration OF Mr.,
Roosevelt, Mr.. Taft will be promoted
to his exalted position.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
RACE WAR IN ALABAMA.
Trouble Was Begun by Negro Shoot
ing Into a House.

Mobile, Ala.-Sheriff Powers has
received telegram stating that there
is race war in progress at Wilmer, a
small lumber town, twenty-four miles
west of Mobile, on the Mobile. jack
son & Kansas City railway, and that
several whites and blacks have been
killed.
The trouble was begun by an I'M
known negro shooting into the houses
of the employees of A. V. Pringle, a
large turpentine operator at Wilmer.
Mr.. Pringle attempted to go for help
and was shot in the hand by the ne
pro
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
STIRRING UP SENTIMENT.
Meeting Held In Boston to Call Atten'
ton to Conditions In Congo
Free State.

Boston.-With view to stirring up
American sentiment against the re-
ported conditions in the Congo Free
State, a public meeting was held In
fremont Temple Thursday night un.
der the auspices Of the Congo Reform
association. The meeting adopted res
olutions calling upon the president
and congress to deal with the situa-
ton in that country.
The speakers outlined the deplor-
able conditions said to exist In the
African state, and appealed to the
meeting for support Of any action
which might be found expedient by
the United States government.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
BATTLE ON SHIPS DECK.
Mutlny Of Fireman Results In Death
Of One Of Malcontents.


Of One Of MaIcontents.
New York.--A mutiny in which one
life was lost occurred Thursday on
board the steamer Massachusetts,.
which was lying at her dock at
Brooklyn.
James Slocum, a fireman, was killed
during a revolver battle on the steam
er's decks, in which the steamers fire.
men were ranged on one side and OPP
posing them were the ships officers
and members OF the crew. Sounds OF
the fighting caused reserve Of po.
lice to be hurried to the steamer, but
the firemen who had started the trou-
BILE had been driven into submission
before the police arrived.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-03-17
PAREs DOWN ESTIMATE.
Appropriations Committee Of House
Gets Economical Streak.

Gets Economical streak.
Washington.-The house committee
on appropriations agreed on Thursday
to report an executive and judicial APP
preparation bill carrying appropria-
lions aggregating $29,134,1S1 as
against $29.s22,5SO for 1906. The
amount agreed on is a reduction of
$1,135,573 from the estimates submit
ted to the committee by the various
departments.
Salaries are carried in the bill for
sixty-fve less persons than were pro-
vided for in the last bill and the num-
Der Of salaries contemplated in the
estimates was reduced 236 by the
committee. Many limitations on the
appropriations are stipulated.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
,ncsnsro At SENATE.
Members Of House oispieassd at AZ.
ton Of This Branch.


Washington. March ~. - statehood
iegisIaIo Ion formed one of the topics OF
discns Zion at the white house Monday.
II dgseioped from calls ON the presi-
dent OF Speaker Cannon and Repre-
sentative Watson Of Indiana, the Re
publican whip" Of the house. that
m/hbers Of the house are incensed NJ
fhVaction OF the senate. not only on
thd statehood bill. but on other sseas'
urys passed by the house. which had
bern decided with disappFoval BY the
senate
kyhen Speaker Cannot was asked IL,
n his opinion. there would be any
statehood legislation by this congress.
he said. violently: 90 ask Aldrich.
Burrows A. Co They seem 10 want 90
be running things So far as ! am
concerned. so far as my vote goes. leg.
islation viii proceed along the usual
lines The bill will be sent to confer
ence between the two branches. DO
they think the house was born in the
woods. 20 be scared by an OWL
MIR Watson was positive the house
woald not concur In the senate amend
ments TO the statehood bill The
houss will stand pat" he declared.
"T.le senate has kicked out our Phil
ippine bill. has tried TO emasculate the
rate bill. and has cut the life out OF
statehood
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
sReviTles PUNCHED.

Much building is golng on At Hous.
ton.
Sulphur Il. t. planning mill. valued
az $1,000. burned
Katy Is setting out thousands OF
trees along It's line
l.. 4. Camp OF Mexis. Tex. sh0i him
self through the heart.
Broken Arrow. I. r.. Is anxious 10
be recording district.
f. r. Rogers. a prominent citizen Of
Oklahoma City. died suddenly.
j. NJ. Lee was smothercd to death
near shamol.in. Pa. in a colliery
A bin to legally kin ncurables. has
been Introduced In the Iowa assembly.
G. o. Blythe. a switchman, was run
over and Killed by a train al VI Paso.
Jacksonville. Tex. will soon havs a
state bank with capital stock % s25.-
o00.
Towboat Thomas Iysle sank at
Braddock PA. and chambermsid
drowned
Houston II TO have two tcn-slory
buildings and one seven-story struc'
ture soon
Citizens National bank al Wolfe City
Tex. capital stock S35 0b"1 has been
organized.
New York parties will make prop
osition 20 Austin city council 10 re-
build dam
In Chicago saloon Adolph Bod.
ZONES killed Nicholas thinner over a
bin for $3.50
Imprisoned In box car 1870 days.
Arthur Haley burnder his way oui al
Cleveland q
Meat market OF 4 Bunting al
Dallas WIS burelarIzed. and over 5000
IN cash taken
Jack Weiss aud John Whitelake were
killed at Raleigh y & by q wagon
falling on them.
Near Runge Tex be little son Of
W Payne fen from chair. striking
the back OF his head and dying
Louis Campbell negro was shot
10 death al LOrens. Tex by one oi
his race SIC was shot four times
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
WHITE SLAVE" TRADE.
One Woman Gagged Three Days For
Endeavoring 70 Escape.

One woman Gagged ihree Jays NV
Endeavorins TO Escape.
New York. March 1.-The district
attorneys once did not rest even for
Sunday in its investigation OF the
white slave" trade. Chief Clerk Hen
noberry and Assistant District Attor.
neyg Ely and Garyin spent the entire
day at their Offices hearing recitals of
the cruelties imposed on women al
legged 10 have been under the control
Of negroes
Mr.. HenncberTy said that a score Of
indictments viii be- asked against men
said TO have been affiliated with Rob
ert sprlggs. the negro under arrest.
one OF the women taken In o raid
last fall In negro dive On Minetta
lane told Mr.. Garvin that she had been
bound and gagged for three days as
punishment for trying To escape from
The place. Another told OF being de-
prlyed OF food for week foT a similar
indiscretiOn
Police Commissioner Bingham has
taken up the investigation OF the traf-
fc and has demanded report from
al The police captains regarding the
existence OF negro dens
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
AFFAIRS AT AUSTIN.
Saloon. Barber shop and Drug Store
Prey Of the Flames.

Austin. March IA fire early oMn-
day morning destroyed Ilamby's sa.
loon also barber shop aud drug
store on East Sixth street causing a
loss OF 81 900. partially insured.
The railroad commission issued a
notice Of hearing on complaint oil CIT
izens OF Bastrop and Fayette counties
for lower rates by Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway on wood In car
loads from stations on Katy to san
Antonio. The hearing VIII ne heid
March q.
Commissioner Clay states that Ger
tain insurance companies had not re
sumed their permit to do business IN
Texns. and parties representing them
would be prosecuted " they attempted
10 submit business
III also announced that certain
class al wildcat underwriters we're 40
ing buainess IN Texas. and warned peo-
ME against these concerns, as tneit
rontracts we're merely peTFonal Par.
ties representing them VIII be subject
no heavy penalties II apprehended
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13

Rocks and Lunps Of Salt Thrown Two
Hundred Feet High.

Shreveport. March i2.--one Of the
gas wells of the Producers company
In the Annsnias feld, twenty miles
north OF Shreveport. blew ont Sunday
night and flame. rocks and Jumps OF
sale wer. thrown TO a height OF 200
feet. Preceding the blow OF. there
was a loud rumbling for several MIN
utes and the earth trembled. The
soree of the gas carried out the piping
and did serious damage to the well.
A number Of people who had gone 10
the gas field sightseeing' were near
NJ the time but none were injured
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN.
Organizations Have Settled Their Dit
ferenees and United.


Dallas. March l2.--At meeting Of
the executive committee held here Sat
urday afternoon. of the National Farm
era Union, and the officers OF the Tex.
srkana- organization. President Cal.
win and the other officers resigned. still
retaining. however. their positions as
ofiicials OF the state union. J. II. Gar.
rett of Houston county. Texas. was
elected president: r.. II. Mcculloch OF
Bsebe. ARK. secretary and treasurer;
8. A. DAVIS. shawnee. Okla, organizer;
w. :. Miller OF Delta county. Texas.
Campbell Russell ol Hereford. |. T..
and G. s. Barrett Of Atlanta. Ca. 81.
ecutive committee Other officials OF
the older board will hold over until
their successors are chosen. They are
]. w. Wheeler Of Bolton. Tex. vice
president; J. ID Jameson OF whitney
Tex, and O. ~ Garner OF Snyder
Okla. executive committeeman
A convention viii be held next Au'
gust
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
Election Declared illegal.

Memphis. March 1s.--At meeting
Of the directors Of the National Gin
ners' association he'll here Saturday,
the election Of officers held at Dallas.
Tex. last December was declared ille-
gal. A convention will be held here
July %. at which another election
IL 10 take place.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
Lsroe Poultry Shipment

Italy. Tex. March Ia. y. Lloyd.
an Italy merchant. shipped 10 Los An
geles. Cal. car OF poultry. composed
Of ducks. geese. chickens and turkeys.
There were about 1000 fowls In the
car. This IL MI l.loyd's second ship
ment OF car Of poultry within tho
last month
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
Mail weiqher Killed.

Lincoln. Neb.. March 70 Burlington
passenger trains Nos. II and ~ col
ilded head-on. ten miles west OF Akron.
Colo. on curve q. $ Sherwood.
mail weigner. was killed. and four
trainmen were injured. two seriously
No passengers were seriously injured
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
Hotel Burns

spartansburg. 5. C.. March a.
whitestone Springs Hotel. located
about six miles from here was totally
destroyed by ere, The furnishings
were saved. but the building was lost
through lack Of FIRE lighting aDpar'
atns The loss IL estimated NJ s3ooon.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
naIlaa pefeats sd. LouIs.

Dallas. March r. SATURDAY the
Dallas team OF the Texas baseball
league defeated The 81 Louis Amcri.
can league club ! 10 o Sunday DAT
las was again victorious in an eleven.
nnlng game the score being : 20
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
Demands. Refused.

New York. March l2-Proposltion
OF United Mine Workers Of America
for a readjustment or wages and cor
ditions In anthracite field has been
refused by the coal operators. They
declared ten-hour day should be re
stored. hut are willing TO graft nine
hours
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS.
Kaufman and Fannin Counties Go Dry
and Bell County Wet.

Austin. March i2-Returns from
Bell county show Il went anti-prohibi.
ton by about 400 majority
Kaufman county remains dry by
over $50 majority
In Fannin county the result shows
an Increased prohibition majority Il
being approximately i.6Oo
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-13
GILBERT TO RESIGN.
indiana Congressman viii Be Judge
In the Philippines.

For Wayne Ind March i2-hon'
Newton " Gilbert representative IN
congress from the Twelfth district an
peunced here that be- viii shortly re
sion his seat 10 accept iudgeship IN
the Philippines which position "a
becn offered him by the pIesluVn'. ~
Congressman Gilbert viii give up MS
seat some time during The present
session