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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
HARTMAN LINES ARE
BEING |NVEST|GAT TED
Interstate Commerce Commission Is
Looking Into the Consolidation Of
the Great Railroads.

New York.-Modern methods OF com
bininis and consolidating mammoth
railway systems and extending the
principle of community of interest
were Investigated here Friday at
great length by the interstate com
MERGE commission, which began an in
Quiry into the so-called Hartman
lines" The commission goes next
week to Chicago. Several other cit
les may be visited before all the de-
sired testimony is in the hands Of
the government representatives, whose
object is to determine whether any
of the railroads of the country are
consolidated or combined In restraint
OF trade.
At Fridays hearing It was brought
out and admitted that the Union Pa.
cific railway company. the Southern
Pacific company, the Oregon Short
Line and the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation company are practically
under the same administration, Mr..
Hartman appearing as president OF
each company. with only slight varia
lions In the lists of other officers
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
TechnicalitieS Brushed Away
by Judge Lands in United
States District Court
Eight Indictments Allowed to stand
Against Company, Which is
Charged With Obtaining
Rates Less Than Those
Named In Public
Schedule.

Chicago.-Judge Lands, in the
United States district court, on Thurs
day overTuled the demurrer of the
Standard Oil company to eight indict.
ments pending aginst the corporation,
but sustained the demurrer as to two
other indictments because of techni-
cal defects. These productions"
said the court, ARE for alleged viAla-
tions of Section / of the act approved
February 10, 1908, known as the FL.
kins law. The charge is that the de-
PENDANT obtained the transportation
of its property by various railway
companies at rates less than those
named in the carriers published
schedules. The offenses are alleged
to have been committed prior to the
enactment of the law approved June
20, 1906, known as the rate law. The
indictments were returned August 81.
1906.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
THIRTY LIVES b[OTTtO
OUT IN RAILWAY WRECK
Boy Telesrapher Responsible for Col.
lision Of Passenger Trains In Kan
sas on Rock Island Road.

Topeka.-Four white men, a negro
train porter and about thirty Mexican
laborers lost their lives, and fifty.
FIVE persons were injured, when two
passenger train on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railroad collided
head-on four miles west of Volland,
Kas., at $40 o'clock Wednesday
morning
The trains were Nos 20 and 30,
running between Chicago and FL
Paso. They met on sharp curve
with fearful impact Adding to the
horror of the collision, fire from the
lamps in the cars and from the loco
motives, was communicated to the
splintered wreckage and spread rap
idly, consuming five of the forward
cars of train No. 20, westbound, and
burning a number of the passengers.
The officials of the company place
the blame on John Lynes, the 19.year-
old telegraph operator at Volland,
who failed to stop train No. 29 at his
station after receiving orders to hold
II there until No. 80 had passed. Lynes
is being held by the authorities Of
Waubaunsee county at Alma for inves-
tigation.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
PRUSSIA ALSO HAS A PROBLEM
Would clip the Wing Of Ambitious
Revolutionists.

Gnesen, Province of Posen, Prussia.
The Prussian government, in conse-
quence of the disturbed state of the
public mind in Prussian Poland over
the school strike and the renewal of
the Polish nationalist agitation, con-
tinues to prosecute severely any in
fraction Of the political ordinances.
The trial was begun Thursday Of
member Of the Prussian house Of
lords, Won Koseielski, rich Polish
land owner; Won Cchvzanowski, a
member of the lower house of the
Prussian diet, and twenty-one other
persons, who are charged with hav.
Ing taken part in q public meeting in
the park of Won Koscielski's castle
without the consent of the govern
ment.
All the accused belong to the 30
called Polish "Socol" association,
numbering several hundred thousand
persons and forming, the prosecution
AYERS, material for mobilizing a fu-
ture revolutionary army.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
SULLIVAN IN TROUBLE.
Treasurer Of Company Says Embar-
rassment is Only Temporary.

San Francisco.-The Examiner says
that the L. NJ. Sullivan Trust company
Of Goldfeld is financially embarrassed
and that drafts drawn on the company
by San Francisco brokers have been
protested. Peter Grant, the treasurer
of the company, is in this city and
says the embarrassment is only tenn
porary. He says:
81 admit that we are embarrassed,
but 1t is only temporary. BY Wednes-
day things will be In good shape and
everybody will be satisfied. The
protesting of the drafts was all a mis-
take, and can be easily remedied.
There is a rule in our company that
no check can be validated except by
the signature OF two OF the OIL
GERS of the company. Larry Sullivan
went to the fight at Tonopah on New
Years day and we have not heard
from him since. When he turns up
we will be able to right great many
matters.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
WRECKED BANK
WITH A BOMB
Cashier of the Philadelphia
Fourth National Bank and
the Dynamiter Killed
Six Others are Injured, One Of Whom
May Die-MissiIe Was Thrown
After Demand for Six Thous.
and Dollars Had Been Re-
fused.

Philadelphia -Demanding a loan Of
$4,000, and failing to get 1t, man
who has not yet been identified,
dropped bomb in the Fourth Street
National bank, blowing himself to
pieces. instantly killing Cashier W.
Y. McLear, and injuring six others,
one or two of whom may die.
The only clue to the identity of the
bomb.thrower was a bunch Of keys
found in a portion Of the clothing at
tached to which was plate inscribed
'R. Steele, Garner, Ia"
The Fourth Street National bank is
the largest financial institution in the
city, and occupies the greater portion
Of the first floor of the Bullitt build.
ing on Fourth street, between Chest.
nut and Walnut streets. in the heart
of the financial district. The explo-
sion was terrific, and 1t caused tire.
mendous excitement in the crowded
building and street.
No one saw the unknown man en-
ter the bank except +. F. Shambacher,
the vice president, who was passing
out of the building on his way to
luncheon. He noticed the man was
poorly dressed, looked like a Russian
and carried a small parcel. The man
walked straight back to the rear Of
the bank and asked a clerk to direct
him to the Office of the president,
Richard Pushton.
Not only is the entire interior Of
the bank wrecked, but the large win
dows looking out on a small side
street were blown out. The explosion
scattered all the books and papers OF
the institution which were not in the
vaults at the time. Some OF them
were blown out of the windows and
were returned by those who found
them.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
BOMB OUTRAGE IN NEW YORK.
Giant Powder Bomb Dropped Into
Bio Crowd Of People.

New York.-A bomb of giant powder
and shot was dropped from an ele'
waited railway station into crowd Of
people at the corner of Secone avenue
and Forty-second street Saturday
night. In the explosion that followed
three persons were injured seriously,
and of these two probably will die.
The outrage was seemingly directed
against the proprietor of a fruit
store on the corner, and this man, Sal
"atore Ciniluca, aged 80 years, was
one of the two dangerously injured
The other was Mary Bailey, 40 years
of age, who was making a purchase
at the stand. The 15'year-old son OF
Ciniluca was less dangerously In
jured The bomb throwers escaped.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
The Sultan to Roosevelt.

Washington.-Presid Roosevelt
has received a letter from the sultan
of Morocco expressing his gratitude
for the appointment Of Samuel r.
Gummere as American minister to
Morocco. The letter is written in Ara
bic. The sultan addresses the presi-
dent as The beloved the most
gracious friend, most honored and eX-
cellent president of the Republic Of
the United States of America, who Is
the pillar of its great influence and
the director of its most important
affairs, the most celebrated preserver
of the ties of true friendship, the faith.
full friend, Theodore Roosevelt"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
MESSAGE FROM CREW
OF Ill FATEO HURON|AA
Bottle Washed Ashore In North OF
ireland Brings Last Tidngs Of the
Shipwrecked Sailors.

London.-There has been washed
on the beach at Castle Rock in the
north of Ireland. a bottle containing
q message from several members OF
the crew of the ship Huronian, which
disappeared in the spring of 1902. to
the effect that she was sinking fast.
The message, however, gives no To-
cation.
This is the second time the Huronian
has been heard from since she sailed
from Glasgow on February II, 1902,
for st. Johns. N. S.
The Huroniai belonged to the Allan
line. She was first reported overdue
early in March, 1902, and when moth
ing had been heard from her by the
first of April, all hope for her was
given up. In spite of this, however,
the British admiralty, at the request
of the owners, ordered the cruiser
Thames to search for the missing
steamer and in the latter part Of
April the cruiser Below was ordered
to the north Atlantic to help the
Thames in this work. The search was
kept up by these two cruisers until
well into May, but no trace Of the
Huronian was ever found. A report
from Montreal dated June II, said
that on June bottle was picked
up As miles east Of Halifax, contain.
ing the following note, written on al
scrap Of paper:
Steamer Huronian turned over Sun
day night in Atlantic. In small boat,
fourteen or u.s."
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
PULLMAN ON LIMITED AeLAzE.
One Passenger Dead and Two Salt
lakers Have Narrow Escape.

Council Bluffs, Iowa.-One passen.
ger was killed and three injured Sun.
day morning on Los Angeles limited
No. 8, when Pullman sleeper caught
fire while the train was running from
Council BLUFFS to Missouri Valley, en-
route to Chicago.
Dead-Louis Delarlo, Washington, d.
c., clerk of the house committee on
irrigation.
Injured-I. C. Jensen, Salt Lake
City, slight burns on neck and head.
Henry Catrow, Salt Lake City, right
wrist cut by glass. Mrs. B. Higgins
Carbondale, Pa, suffered from ex.
exposure.
The Northwestern train was within
a mile Of Loveland near Missouri Val.
ley, when passengers in the Pullman
car Redfield were aroused by smoke
The origin of the fire could not be
determined. but 1t had undoubtedly
been smouldering for some time before
being discovered
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
oALLoWs LOOM BEFORE HER.
Mrs. Myers Denied Writ Of Habeas
Corpus by Kansas City Judge.

Kansas City.-Judge John +. Phil.
lips, In the United States district
court on Friday morning, denied the ap.
plication of the attorneys for Mrs.
Aggie Myers for a writ of habeas cor.
pus. This means that Mrs. Myers, who
is now in jail at Liberty under sen.
tence of death for the murder of her
husband. and Frank Hoffman, in Jail
at Kansas City for completely in the
crime. will be executed on January
10, unless Governor Folk interferes.
The arguments on the application for
the writ In this now famous case were
made earlier in the week. The at
torneys for Mrs. Myers argued that the
Clay county court had no jurisdiction
in the case when the trial was made
basing their contention on techni.
cality. They sought to have the case
retired
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
JAPs STIRRING UP TROUBLE.
Attack a White Man and Are Placed
Behind the Bars.

Porterville, GAIA crowd Of Japan.
ese laborers working on the tracks Of
the Southern Pacific company, near
this city, assaulted Roy V, Clark. strik.
ing him over the head with a shovel
and attacking him with sticks and
clubs. Clark escaped by running, and
came the city to notify the local
officers and swear out warrants for
the arrest OF the japanese, forty in
number. An attempt to arrest the
Japanese was met with resistance. A
message was sent asking for assist
ance, and 10 &c number of special
officers were rushed TO the scene. Az
ter considerable difficulty fifteen Jap.
anese were arrested, taken 10 Visalia
and placed in the county Jail. 1t was
not considered safe to keep them In
the Porterville jail on account of local
feeling.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
Convention to be Held In Denver
Which viii Benefit Western
Farmers,

Denver, Colo-The first convention
of those vitality interested in the re-
clamation of the semi-arid regions OF
the United States by systems Of scien-
tific farming, has been called to meet
In Denver, on January oath and 25th,
1907, the call being signed by Cover
nor Jesse F. Mcdonald and Secretary
Arthur Williams.
The rapid development of practical
farming and profitable crop production
under improved agricultural methods,
and the unmistakable proof Of the pos
sibility of reclaiming a great portion
of the semi-arid acreage in the west
ern states. have led to increased &C.
tivity in both official and private ex-
perimental work. II Is believed that
the time for united action and official
encouragement has been reached, and
that there should be inaugurated
practical and active general move
ment, under proper organization,
through which the great natural re-
sources Of the non.irrigated districts
and the possibilities of extending the
agricultural areas Of our western
states may be brought to the atten-
ton OF the world at large.
The program for the convention will
be In the hands OF committee select
ed particularly with regard to Its abil-
ity to guarantee to delegates two days
Of active, practical work, and It is the
belief Of the originators Of the idea
that no more important interstate con-
ference has been proposed since the
organization of the National Irrigation
congress-
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Ponce Sighted En- Route.

New York.-The missing steamer
Ponce, of the New York & Porto Rico
Steamship company, which is about n
week overdue at New York, en- route
from Ponce, p. r., was safe and pro-
ceeding toward New York two day.
after leaving Ponce. The information.
was brought into port Sunday by Cap
tain Chapman of the big sailing ship
Shenandoah, which arrived from Port
Blakeley. Captain Chapman reported
that on December 2S he sighted the
Ponce In clear weather
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Marrow Escape OF Miners.

Eel Paso, Textile magazine con-
tanning $500 pounds of dynamite at
the Denn.Arizona shaft in Lowell.
Ariz., exploded with terrific force.
Every window pane in Lowell was
shattered and the shock was felt at
Douglas, twenty.six miles away. Dis
tressing rumors were current for some
hours of many killed and others i'm
prisoned in the shaft, but investiga-
ton showed all untrue. There were
forty.three men at work in the shaft
on the 1000 and 1,lO0-foot levels, all
of whom escaped.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Killed Man With His Fist,

East st. Louis.-With single
blow of his fist Charles Smith killed
d. F. Myers on the street near the via.
duct, and then, realizing what he had
done, Smith made his escape Mrs.
Smith told her husband that Myers
had attempted to flirt with her on the
street. This so angered Smith that he
accosted Myers and struck him a
swinging blow on the jaw. Myers
dropped like log and never moved
his neck having been broken. SmitL.
Is ~ years old and Myers was 40.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Cans Wins In Eight Rounds.

Tonopah, Nevada.-After playing
with Herman for eight rounds, Joe
Cans, the colored champion, landed a
full right swing on the point of Her.
mans jaw, and Chicago's favorite
fighter went to the mat beaten man.
1t was apparent from the start that
Herman had no chance. Cans blocked
his blows with the greatest ease, and
at no time was Cans worried in the
least. Lew Powell of San Francisco
and Adam Ryan fought ten rounds to
a draw as preliminary.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Demands OF Engineers.

Chicago. on all the rail
roads operating west of this city for
an increase in wages and an eight
hour day were made Wednesday by
$1,000 locomotive engineers through
their representatives at conference
with the railroad managers. The In.
crease In pay is asked by the switch
ing engineers, 40 cents an hour being
demanded instead of the present max.
er work day Is for the freight en-
xineers, who now work ten hours.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Goes Cunning for Winsteld.

San Francisco.-At o'clock Wed.
nesday morning a woman claiming to
be the wife Of George Wingfeld the
Goldfield millionaire, stepped from an
automobile at the St. Francis hotel,
and forced her way past the watch
declaring her intention Of killing Wing
field II he did not comply with her
demand for money. Sac was arrested
and placed In Jail. Wingfield denies
that she Is his wife.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Legislative Members Can Ride.

Grand Forks, n. D-Passes have
been issued by the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railroads to members
of the legislature and others in this
state, and the issuance seems effectu-
ally to evade the federal law with the
following provision printed on each
annual:
This is only good for trip wholly
within the state. II cannot be used
for any portion of an interstate trip,
nor can baggage be checked or sleep
ing car reservations be made for an
Interstate trip"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Man Who Threw Bomb.

Philadelphia.-With the Hnding OF
the personal effects of the man who
threw bomb in the Fourth National
bank on Saturday, killing Cashier w.
H. McLear and himself, there is little
doubt left in the minds of the police
officials that he was Rollo Steele OF
Garner, Iowa. The bomb-throweI
slept Friday night at the Grant House
a hostelry on the outskirts of the ten
derloin, frequented mostly by re.
spectacle wording people. He regis
tered as j. X. Steele of New York.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
PEABODY WAR WAS EXPENSIVE
Colorado Legislature Asked to Make
Provision for Indebtedness Of
Million Dollars,

Denver.-In his biennial message
to the Legislature, on Thursday, Gov
ernor Jesse f. Mcdonald advised the
members to frame antitrust leglsla-
tion along the lines of the Ohio law,
which, he said, has stood the test of
judicial determination. Our presi-
dent" he continued, has already
done much in behalf of antitrust leg
islation and we should sustain him in
his work"
The Legislature was urged to insti-
tute the necessary measures for TAX.
ing up with bond issues the outstand-
ing certificates Of 1887, 1888 and 1889,
amounting, with accrued interest to
over 100000, and the further in
debtedness of about $1,000,000 in
CURED in putting down the 'insurrec-
tions" of 1904 in mining districts.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
UTAH'S EDUCATORS.
Fifteen Hundred Teachers Meet In
Ogden.

Ogden.-An educational gathering Of
notable importance convened in og-
den on Wednesday. One thousand five
hundred teachers from all parts of the
state were registered Wednesday
night in Ogden and although the gath
ering was divided into four sections
for the afternoon work, not one place
was to be found sufficiently large to
hold all who wished to attend. All
the places selected were within rad
ius of two blocks and all were in the
central part of town, so the teachers
went with ease from one section to
another.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
One Of Ships Crew Killed and Six In
jured In Storm.

New York.-One of her crew was
killed and six others seriously In.
jured when the Cunard liner Etruria
was fighting her way through Sc,
we're storm on Friday night. The body
of the man killed was buried at sea
The others injured were in her hos
pital when the steamer arrived Sun
day from Queenstown. Captain Pot
ter said that never during his many
years as a seaman had he experienced
such rough weather.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Towns Buried In snowdrifts and BusI.
ness Suspended.

st. Petersburg.-The storm that
passed over Great Britain at Christ.
mas time has reached western Rus
sia, where enormous falls of snow
are reported and railroad communica.
ton is paralyzed. Many of the lines
are entirely interrupted. DISPATCHES
from Orsha and Borrlsov say those
towns are literally buried In drifts and
all business is suspended. Seven per.
sons have persisted In the snow at
Hohiley. The snowstorm continues
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Another Russian General Murdered

St. Petersburg.-Major General Won
1 aunits, perfect of police of st. Pc.
tersburg, was shot and killed by a
young man at the Institute of Expert
iiental Medicine, Thursday afternoon.
Won Launits, at the invitation Of
FRINGE Peter Alrxandrovitch. duke of
lldenburg, brotner-in.law OF the en-
aeror, was attending the conservation
OF the institute chapel. AS the as
sallant turned to fec one of the off,
GERS drew his sabre. cut him down
sad killed him
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
ANOTHER CUBAN PLOT.
Three Palma Adherents Said to be In
the Conspiracy.

New YQrk.-Rumors of conspiracy
rife in this city. Three persons men
toned in connection with the plan tc
start trouble In the island were Office
holders Of the Palma administration
two of whom are now in New York
and the other in Europe. According
to these reports, arms and ammuni
ton have been shipped clandestinely
from this port to Cuba for possible fu
ture use. Some of the contraband ar
ticles, 1t is said, were buried near
Mariel, not far from Havana. This
fact became known to the American
authorities. and company of soldiers
was sent to search for the rifles and
cartridges. which. however, had been
removed to another hiding place.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
Senator Clark of Montana Buys Big
Ranch In New Mexico.

Trinidad, Colo.-it is reported in
real estate circles here that Senator
w. A. Clark, of Montana, has pur'
chased Vermejo park of William II.
Bartlett, of Chicago. The tract EN-
braces 100000 acres, located fifty miles
west o. Trinidad, In New Mexico
Senator Clark visited the ranch last
year and is said to have tried to pur'
chase IL at that time. The considera.
ton is said ID be 100000,
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
MORE SUBMARINES ORDERED.
French Admiralty viii Have Four
New Type Cruisers Built.

Paris,-The admiralty has ordered
the construction of four submarine
cruisers, which are to be superior to
any existing type of similar vessels.
They are to be of 800 tons and to have
a speed of fifteen knots on and ten
knots below the surface. The French
naval authorities have laid down
twenty submarines within a year.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
LIABILITIES REPUDIATED.
British Insurance Companies viii Re-
sist Paying Valparaiso Losses.

London.-All the British insurance
companies have repudiated their LA
bilities arising from the earthquake
at Valparaiso last year. At meeting
Mt Liverpool, on Thursday, the chair
man said the terms of the Valparaiso
policies differed from those of San
Francisco. The companies, he added,
had all agreed to resist the Valparaiso
claims and lawsuits have begun.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-01-12
GREATEST BIRTH RATE.
Statistics Show New York 10 Opposing
Race Suicide.

New York.-The birth, marriage and
death statistics of New York City for
1906 were made public Tuesday with
the comment that 1t was a prosperous
twelve months. During 1906 there
were reported 111,177 births, an in
crease over 1906 of 5000; 1885 mar
riages, an increase of $500; 76,2O6
deaths, an increase of 2,i92. The birth,
record is the greatest ever reported