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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
INDEPENDENCE PARTY
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Members Of New Party From Az
over the United States Meet in
Chicago In First National
Convention.

Chicago.-Amid loud and enthu-
siastic cheering and with its mem
bers showing every sign of loyalty to
their new standard of political faith,
the first national convention of the
Independence party was opened at 8
o'clock Monday night in Orchestra
hall.
The main floor of the hall, in which
some of the largest gatherings are
held in this city, was filled by the
delegates. There we're no alternates
The galleries were crowded with a
throng which entered heartily into
the spirit of the proceedings and
throughout the night applauded Wig.
orously whatever met their approval.
The entrance of George w. Nc.
Caskerin, whom the Illinois dele.
gates are supporting for the guber.
material nomination, was a signal for
cheers for the next governor of iii.
nois."
This outburst had scarcely sub.
sided when the arrival of William r.
Hearst started delrious demonstra.
ton which lasted several minutes.
II was thirty-fve minutes past the
scheduled time when the temporary
sergeant.at.arms raped for order
and asked the delegates to vacate
the aisles. Milton w. Howard OF
Alabama took the gavel and intro
duced Charles A. Walsh of Iowa, sec.
Ietary of the provisional national
committee, who read the call for the
convention. This document declared
the purpose of the gathering to be
the foundation of an Independence
party and the nomination of candi.
dates for president and vice presi.
dent.
Father O'Callalran of Chicago de.
livered the invocation. Mr., Howard,
at the conclusion OF the invocation,
announced the names of the TEN.
porary officers of the convention. His
mention of the name of Mr.. Hearst
was received with an outburst of APP
plause. and Mr.. Hearst, when he
mounted the rostrum, escorted by a
committee of three appointed by the
chair, was given an uproarious well
come. When quiet had been re-
stored, he began his address as tenn
porary chairman OF the convention.
Following Mr.. Hearst's speech,
James II. O'Neil of Rhode Island pre-
scented to the temporary chairman a
''union label" gavel.
After an address by C. A. Windle
of Chicago the convention adjourned
until o'clock Tuesday.
The committee on rules and per-
manent organization, which met i'm.
mediately after the convention, Sc
lected Charles A. Walsh OF New York
as permanent chairman and adopt.
ed rule that no speech from the
platform should exceed five minutes
in length and that no delegate should
be heard upon one subject more than
once
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
.R|OT|NG At BOMBAY, INDIA
SEVERAL NATIVES KILLED
Trouble Started by Mill Hands Who
Go on Strike in Sympathy for
Editor Banshed for Sedition.

Bombay.-The 10000 mill hands
who went on strike on Thursday
started to riot Friday morning, and
a detachment of British infantry was
called out to put down the disorder.
1t was found necessary to fire, and as
a result one native was killed and
six were wounded. Several members
of the European and native police
force sustained injuries. The rioters
were quelled for moment and dis
persed.
The mill hands went out to demon
strate their sympathy for Tilak, the
national leader and editor, who was
sentenced a few days ago to trans
portation for six years on the charge
of sedition.
There was renewal Of the out
break in the afternoon. The mob
spread over from the mill district
and held up the Poona mail train
They finally had to be driven of by
volleys from the military. I'D. ...
Europeans are jeered and stoned
whenever they appear on the streets.
and when the police and troops make
rescues they frequently are obliged
to use their revolvers. There have
been heavy casualties as a result OF
the firing.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
FIREMAN PREVENTS ROBBERY.
Hits Bandit With Coal Scoop and
illustrates Train Robbery.

Appleton, visa passenger train
had just passed Appleton Junction
when a masked man climbed over the
tender into the cab of the engine
from the platform of the blind bag
gage car, where he had been hiding.
Revolver in hand. he commanded
Louis Wandell, driver of the locomo-
tive, to stop the train, uncouple his
engine and run up the track a short
distance.
Wandell, covered as he was by the
mans revolver, was about to comply
when Gustave PAIL, his fireman, hit
the highwayman a heavy blow with
his coal scoop knocking the revolver
from his hands. PAIL was swinging
the scoop for another blow when the
man jumped from the doorway of the
cab while the train was running
twenty miles an hour.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
CUATEMALANS
PAN|C,STR|CKEN
Anarchy and Murder Rule and the
Citizens Fleeing the Country
for Safer Refuge.
Conditions In Honduras and Nicara'
qua Also Said to be Greatly un-
settled, and War Is Believed to
... Be Imminent.

San Francisco-Passenge arriv-
ing here from Central American
ports on the steamer Newport report
that state of anarchy exists in
Guatemala. Murder is OF frequent oc-
currence, they declare, and many per-
sons are fleeing the country. At San
Jose de Guatemala a number of panic.
stricken people were taken on board
the Newport, and later landed at Sa-
lima Cruz, Mexico. While at San Jose
the officers of the steamer heard that
two American young women who had
been touring the country had visited
Guatemala City some time ago and
had not been heard from since.
The report was current at San
Jose that, in anticipation Of flight,
President Cabrera had transferred a
large amount of money to Paris and
London. The feeling against him is
declared to be very bitter. Conditions
in Honduras and Nicaragua are also
said to be greatly unsettled and war
is believed to be imminent there.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
The Hartman MerGer.

Denver,-Amalgama of the 1G,.
900 miles of Hartman lines into a
single system, in practical, II not
a technical, sense is the object OF a
conference of the chief engineers or
all of the Hartman roads, Who as
sembled in Denver on Friday. Chair
main Isaacs, consulting engineer, pre-
sided at the opening session, at which
questions relating to the standardiz.
ing of all the equipment on the
various lines so as to secure more
efficient service at less cost were dis
cussed
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
GIRL sEHEAoEp FOR MURDER.
Took Life Of Her Lover and Pays
Penalty as In Days Of Old.

Freiberg, Saxony.-Grete Beier, the
1S-yearold daughter of the mayor Of
Frelberg. was beheaded some time be-
tween dark and dawn, on Wednesday,
In punishment for the murder Of the
man to whom she was engaged to be
married. The king of saxony had re-
fused pardon.
The personality Of this young girl
and her thoughtfully arranged murder
of her fiance, civil engineer named
Preffler, attracted international in.
terest. The social position of her
family was very good and she became
Engaged to Herr Preffler, rich young
professional man. At her trial she ad-
mitted that she visited her fiance's
house one evening, gave cyanide Of
potassium in a drink she mixed for
him. and then, to make sure OF his
death, shot him in the mouth with his
own revolver.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Denver & Rio Grande Merger.

Denver Colo.-The Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad company, the Rio
Grande Western Railroad company
and all subsidiary railway companies
in Colorado and Utah, with the ex-
ception Of the Rio Grande Southern,
were on Thursday merged into one
company, which will be known as the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad com.
pany. The new company will file
articles of incorporation and, after
due notice to its stockholders, will
issue $150,000,000 in bonds and $685..
100000 in stock. The bonds will be
used to retire the outstanding bond
Issues of the several railroads which
were amalgamated, and the stock
will be exchanged for outstanding
stock of the Denver & Rio Grande
and Rio Grande Western companies.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Abducted Marshal Osman.

Vienna.-Marshal Osman Feizl
Pasha, the new commander of the
vilayet of Monastlr, has been seized
and carried off by q band of men be-
longing to the Young Turkey party,
according to a telegram from Mona
stir Details OF this occurrence are
lacking. but It's asserted that Kiezi
aey, the leader of the Young Turks
al Resua, Friday, at the head OF a
thousand followers forced his way
into Monastir, raided osman's quar-
tiers and succeeded in. carrying of the
marshal without bloodshed
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
KING EDWARD ADDRESSES
THE PEACE CONFERENCE
Sixteen Countries and over One
Hundred Societies Represented at
Seventeenth Meeting, in
London.

London.--The seventeenth unver.
sal peace conference, organized by
the Society OF Friends, assembled at
Canton hall here on Monday. over
100 societies, in sixteen different
countries, are in attendance. Edwin
d. Mead and Benjamin r. Trueblood
were prominent among the American
delegation. Baron Won Holleben of
Germany and Baroness Bertha Won
Suttner Of Austria also are present.
The bishop of Carlisle, president OF
the congress, In his opening address
said:
Nothing has impeded national
prosperity so much as partisan strife
and blind antagonlsm. They were
told to think imperially, but a rider
was needed-let them not act i'm
perially."
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
received the delegates at Bucking
ham palace at noon. The delegates
presented an address, to which the
king replied as follows:
ut gives me great pleasure to well
come you. the representatives of the
universal congress of peace, and re-
ceive your address. There IL nothing
from which | derive more sincere
qualification than from the knowledge
that my efforts in that cause of in.
ternational peace and good will have
not been without fruit and a con-
seriousness of the generous apprecia-
ton with which they have been re-
ceived both by my own people and
those of other countries.
Rulers of states can set before
themselves no higher aims than the
promotion of international good UNI
derstanding and cordial friendship
among the nations of the world. 1t
is the surest and most direct means
by which humanity may be enabled
TO realize its noblest ideal, and its
attainment will ever be the object
OF my own constant effort"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
MINERS FAIL TO AGREE.
Western Federation Officially Repu-
dates Industrial Workers Of
the World.

Denver.--The Western Federation OF
Miners on Wednesday officially repu-
dated the Industrial Workers OF the
World by adopting an amendment to
its constitution striking out the words
mining department OF the Industrial
Workers of the World" whenever they
appear and inserting In lieu thereof
Western Federation of Miners" On
Tuesday the organization went on
record as favoring industrial unionism,
and though Wednesday, action might
seem 70 be opposed TO That policy, In
reality II is not SD. as many members
In the convention declared that the In
dustrial Workers of the World had
BECOME SO disorganized and filled with
factions that 1t no longer represents
industrial unionism
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
eorah is on the Committee.

Chicago.-Announcement is made
by Frank II. Hitchcock, chairman OF
the Republican national committee,
that the following will constitute the
executive committee: Charles f.
Brooker, Connecticut; T. Il. Coleman,
Dupont, Delaware; William ID.
Borah, Idaho; Frank o. Lowen, ILL
nois: Charles Nagel. Missouri; Vic
tor Rosewater Nebraska; William L.
Ward, New York; Edward c. Duncan,
North Carolina; Boies Penrose, Penn
sylvania. Chairman Hitchcock de-
cided to adopt the plan of having the
executive committee made up solely
from the membership of the national
committee.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Fell on Gettysburg Battlefield.

Gettysburg.-On the eve of their
departure for their homes, at least
six men OF the Pennsylvania national
guard were struck dead in one of the
most severe electric storms ever ex.
perienced on this historic battlefield,
about 10 o'clock Thursday night.
When the storm came up Governor
Stuart was entertaining a few friends
in his tent. The storm broke out
with such suddenness and fury that
the occupants of the tent found them.
selves entangled in the canvas end
ropes.
There were nearly fifty men in the
regimental guardhouse of the Tenth
regiment when the storm broke and
none is believed to have escaped in.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Getting Ready for Business.

Chlcago.-Frank II. Hitchcock,
chairman OF the Republican national
committee, with the consent and APP
proval OF George II. Sheldon, the ma
tional treasurer, has announced the
appointment of Frederick w. Upham
CT Chicago as assistant treasurer. 1t
was also announced that Offices for
Mr.. Hitchcock and his associates had
been secured in the new Harvester
building, 234.36 Michigan avenue.
This Is a block south OF the Audi
torium Annex, where the Demo,
cratic headquarters will be located.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Call for National irrigation Congress

Albuquerque, N. M.-The executive
committee of the National Irrigation
congress has Issued the call for the
sixteenth national irrigation congress
to be held in this city September to
October 8, inclusive. The call states
that the four great objects Of the
congress are ito save the forests,
store the floods. reclaim the deserts,
and make homes on the land" and
adds that all who are interested in
the achievement OF any of these OBJ
jects are invited to attend the con.
gress. 4...
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Democrats to open Branch Head
tE quarters In Denver.

Chicago.-Chairman Mack, OF the
Democratic National committee, I'm.
nounced on Tuesday that branch
Headquarters, with James r. Osborne,
national committeeman from Wyom'
ing, in, charge, will be opened in Den
yer the last month of the presiden-
tial campaign. Mr.. Mack, who left
Tuesday night for his home in Buff
falo, expects within the week TO de-
eide upon some man or men whose
names will be presented TO the exec
utive committed for chairman OF that
committee.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Sherman 10 Visit. Nebraska.

Lincoln, Neb.-While stopping In
Lincoln Chairman, Frank Hitchcock
stated that he had planned a speak.
ing trip through Nebraska for James
8. Shermaa in October. lie also OK.
pects to send Senator's Beyeridge and
Dolliver and other Republicans of ma
tcnal fame TO, IL. Nebraska, expecting
a bitter fight for the state William
IT. Taft will not come to Nebraska
under the present plans, according
to Mr.. Hitchcock. His campaign will
be conducted from his porch az Gin.
cinnati. similar to the first campaign
OF William Mckinley
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
AT MERCY OF WAVES.
Deadly Typhoon Sweeps Over Hong
Kong, Many Chinese Being N
Drowned.

Hong Kong.-A typhoon struck
Hong Kong shortly before 70 o'clock
Monday night. causing unusually
high seas to rise. A number Of Chi
pese were drowned. Members OF the
crew of the British cruiser Astraea,
with searchlight, started out in
cutter to the rescue of thirteen men
who were fighting for life against the
angry waves. After an hours battle
they succeeded in rescuing six OF
them. the others being drowned. No
damage to any European vessels Is
reported. The property loss on
shore Is very heavy.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
WILL INCREASE CAPITAL.
Standard OIL Company VIII Have
Total Capital Stock Of 100000.
10000.

Chicago.-Following closely the de-
cision OF the United States court or
appeals reversing the decision Of
Judge Lands in the Standard OIL case.
the Daily News OF Wednesday says:
Bankers who have close Affiliations
with the Standard Oil company state
that that organization will soon an
nounce an increase In the capital stock
of s100.000,000 by $500, 100000. max
ing total capital stock of $780,
100000.
There will be decrease from the
earnings for the fiscal year OF about
$40,000,000 to the organizations sur
plus. It was given out that the large
increase in capital is a diplomatic
move in order that the dividends may
not look so large" t..-. ......
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
LIKE SLAVERY DAYS.
Startling Developments In State
Prison Leasing System.
State

Atlanta, Ga.-Startling develop
ments were brought out at Fridays
session of the legislative investiga-
ton committee into the conduct OF
the state prison and the convict lease
system. l.. b. Strong. a merchant OF
Macon, a convict, testified that men
were lined up at the prison farm and
sold like mules Sick and infirm men,
he stated, shipped in one day from
convict lease camp, were shipped
out the next day in exchange for an
other lease. .. i.
Albert l.. Rogers of Atlanta told OF
the cruel whipping of Joe Frisby, a
young white boy, for escaping from
camp. where the witness said he
was held Illegally.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Taft's Speech Of Acceptance to BE
Widely Circulated.

Neutrality-suspicious. million copies OF
the speech of acceptance of Judge
William II. Taft as Republican presi'
Dental candidate will be printed in
pamphlet form for general distribu.
ton over the United States. The dis
tributions will be made chiefly
through the chairmen Of the Repub.
lican state committees. The bulk of
this literature will be sent to sec
lions In which the result of the cleo
ton is looked upon as In any way
doubtful.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Douglas Out Of Politics.

Monument Beach, Mass.-"I am out
OF politics forever" declared former
Governor William L. Douglas when.
upon his return from a yachting trip
of several days, he was questioned
concerning the reports from Lincoln,
Nebraska, that he might be named as
chairman of the Democratic national
committee. - have not been offered
the craftsmanship of the Democratic
national committee" he said, "and
while shall deeply appreciate the
compliment of II II rendered 10 me, ]
shall not accept"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Opens Popullst Campaign.

Macon, Ga.-Thomas Il. Watson,
Populist candidate for president,
opened his campaign here Thursday
night in a speech of one hour to an
audience that taxed the capacity OF
the Grand Opera house. He asked
for Georgia's electoral vote, and said
that II necessary he would give them
to Bryan to defeat Taft. His assaults
were all directed at Bryan, however,
and his praises were for Roosevelt
and Taft. Watsons attack on the
Nebraskan for his attitude in the
Brownville matter was repeatedly ap-
plauded.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Banner May Be Removed.

lincoln, Neb.--IAncoIn Democrats
will make an effort to have the Taft
banner which is hung over Main
street taken down on the day Bryan
is formally notified OF his nomination.
The banner, which proclaims that
Taft will carry Nebraska, has been
an eyesore to local Democrats since
It was hung. A week after II was
placed, when II was the subject OF
much discussion. the banner was
burned and partially destroyed II
has since been rehung, without, how
ever, any unfavorable comment on
the part OF the Bryan men.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Bank Wreeker Behind the Bars.

Hartford, Conn.-Willam F. Wal
ker, who embezzled s5G5,OOO from the
Savings Bank of New Britain and
about $4,000 from the Connecticut
Baptist convention, reached this city
Friday in custody OF Thomas F..
Egan, superintendent of the state po-
lice department, and II. J. Hoffman.
assistant superintendent OF the Pix
erton Detective agency in Los An
geles, the men who arrested Walker
in mining camp about 100 miles
south of Ensenada, Mexico. Walker
was locked in the steel cage OF the
county building.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01

New Threats of death at
the hands of the Malta We're made
to Judge Rosalcky in court on Mon
Gay just after he had pronounced
sentence on an Italian. THE Malta
will get you for this" shouted the
enraged man. Then, turning TO some
o. his friends in the court room, he
cried "He has given me ten years;
take care OF him for me- The
prisoner pleaded guilty to a charge
Of attempting to rob bank messen
ger of $4,000.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Trouble over a Necklace.

Berlin,--A pearl necklace Of extra
ordinary beauty, valued at $4,000,
which mysteriously disappeared from
the apartments of Countess Won War
tensleben one evening last February,
when she was attending the opera,
has lust been found. The countess
maid had been arrested in connection
with the abstraction of the necklace,
owing to the fact of the window IN
the maids room was found open,
but no evidence was found against
her and she was permitted to go free,
The maid has been arrested again.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
MAIL POUCH RoeeER CAUGHT.
Negro Taken In Custody at Kansas
City, Charged With Bold Theft.

Kansas City.-Charles Savage, a
negro, was arrested here on Sunday
by postofice authorities. charged
with stealing n mail pouch in the
Kansas City union station on June 9
last, containing $4,000 being sent
from Los Angeles to a New York
City bank. The inspectors assert
that they have positive evidence
against Savage, and declare their be-
lief that he has buried the money,
intending to recover It after his re-
lease from the penitentiary.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
President to Go on Another Hunt for
Bear This Fall.

Klamath Falls, Ore-According to
dispatch received here, John ID.
Con, the guide who accompanied
President Roosevelt on his hunt in
Colorado for big game some years ago,
will visit Klamath county next Sep
TENDER for the purpose of investigat.
ing the big game district of this re-
gion. IL is stated that Mr.. Con will
make the trip especially for the pur-
pose of advising President Roosevelt
as to the best season to hunt bear
and mountain lions in this state
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Norman Mack Chosen Chairman.

Chicago.--After seven-hour con.
ference with William ]. Bryan and
John w. Kern, the subcommittee OF
the national Democratic committee
on Saturday made It's selection of the
officers of the committee. as follows:
Chairman, Norman e. Mack, Buffalo,
n. Y; vice chairman, L. p. Hall, Ne
braska; treasurer. Governor N. C..
Haskell, Oklahoma; sergeantat'arms,
John I. Martin, Missouri; secretary.
Urey Woodson, Kentucky.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
CORNER COLLAPSED.
New Crop Of oats Causes Drop In
the Price.

Chicago.-A natural Garner" In
oats came to a sudden end Saturday
when the price OF July delivery
dropped cents per bushel on the
board OF trade here. The severe
slump caused little excitement, how.
ever, owing to the fact that trade in
that option had been very small for
some time past because Of the con-
gested condition OF the market, Like
lihood that the movement OF the crop
will begin on a liberal scale within
the next few days was chiefly respon-
sible for the decline.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-01
Cadets Dismissed from Academy.

Washington-The papers in the
case of the eight cadets whose dis
missal from the military academy
was recommended by a board APP
pointed by Colonel Scott the superin-
tendent of the academy, have been
returned TO the war department from
Oyster Bay, bearing the approval OF
PRESIDENT Roosevelt Of the findings
and sentence of the board. Score
tary Wright has not yet issued his
order dismissing the cadets and may
not until he has discussed the matter
with the president, who expressed a
wish TO talk the matter over,