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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
1
Frisco residents protest actions by a German company over time property claims. Ten locals organize to pressure fire insurance firms to address alleged rights and obligations connected with the firm’s property in the city.
New York Aug 10 Attachments levied on the TransAtlantic Fire Insurance company Hamburg property and trustees in New York and on state superintendent of insurance follow San Francisco fire loss dispute. Claims exceed 800000, actions reflect policy provision exonerating acts of providence. Manchester NH Aug 10 NH Fire Insurance suspends Pacific business to await San Francisco condition stabilization. Losses from San Francisco pegged at about 500000.
The August report notes a June Cornell University scholarship exam was voided for cand idate irregularities and a re examination is held today under City Superintendent John Walsh. The event aims to admit only June participants, with strict supervision to prevent cheating. News from Brooklyn and New York headlines include yacht racing from Vineyard Haven to Sandy Hook and a postmaster convention in Detroit.
Gulfteid Nex reports Joe Gans and Billy Notun signed articles for the Nelson Ganse fight on Labor Day in the city. The purse includes Nelson earning 20000 regardless of result with Cane Ty to meet 0000 on win. Terre Haute ref lights Yanger Herman ten round bout moved from Terre Haute to nearby due to local authorities interference.
Manila Aug 1 First Lieut. aries and two privates of the Eighth Infantry with Contract Surgeon Calvin Snyder and Internal Revenue Collector Williams of Illinois were killed yesterday afternoon in a hand to hand fight with Pulajanes at Julita and Leyte. The detachment of ten men was greatly outnumbered but fought bravely.
Springfield mass report says Brig Gen Creater announced that a high pointed lutlet tested for months shows satisfactory qualities and is likely to be accepted for the army rifle replacing the present service ballot. Aleutian incident: Japanese poachers suspected in raid. diplomats expect no immediate confrontation as more reports await.
Chicago August 1 Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson arrived last night and a conference is called for those interested in stricter quarantine rules and cattle inspection at shipment points. The president reportedly sees laxity by state inspectors in passing diseased cattle and seeks uniform action nationwide.
In Tenn Aug 1 Mrs Margaret Jones wife of violent Jones shot herself twice, once in heart and once in stomach, dying two minutes later without speaking. Inside were her 14 year old son ill with typhoid locked in his room and a helping neighbor girl. The husband was at work. The family moved from Green county three years ago. since then four of the children have died.
Six nine states provinces and territories of the United States Canada Mexico Central America and Cuba are represented at the International Sunday School association annual meeting in Winona Lake Indiana. Four days will cover problems and principles for 155000 Sunday schools 1500000 officers and teachers and more than 14000000 scholars in thirty denominations.
Fifty one people were injured at 1 am when a sleeper and a day coach plunged down a twenty four foot embankment on the Fort Worth and Denver City railroad near Fruitland Texas. A relief train carried physicians to the scene and many injured were sent to Bowle and Fort Worth for treatment. Several named victims include Coleman Alvord Davis Ballon Lassiter Miller Meyers Cole and others. Rector Walk Dies In Dallas Of Peritonitis. Olympia Admiral Dewey's flagship to join Naval Academy cruises next year. survey to report needed repairs before service. Milwaukee Avenue State Bank treasurer Hering arrested as $1 million disappearance ties to president Stensland remains fugitive. Dividend prospects for depositors discussed. bank examiners uncover hidden ledgers and a racing book linked to missing funds.
Attorney Olsen revealed that over ten percent of capital stock had been loaned to bank insiders. Paul O Stensland lent $1,000,000 to the Paul O Stensland Real Estate Co and Milwaukee Avenue Co operative store clerks earned four loans totaling $91,000. Personal estate amounting to $600,000 was placed in the hands of receiver W C Niebin ck, bond $100,000, with the estate valued at $600,000.
Special to the Evening Craze reports Torrance County’s first banking institution will be founded in Willard New Mexico. The last block of stock in the Torrance County Bank of Commerce to be located here has been sold today. Stockholders are among the community’s most prominent men.
At Peterstone in August the Lives of View Admiral Dr oft and General Nepheff, Sebastopol commander, are linked to a local revolutionary cell led by Savikof. Savine kof arrested on suspicion of complicity in an assassination attempt on Noplu- Jeff. One conspirator killed by his own bomb explosion. Mile Misrchenko, a student girl, tortured during the loading of a bomb. Daughter of General Mistchenko, a military council member. About 40 Cronstady mutineers to be tried by court martial.
Birmingham August 1 Karl Fletcher a Black convict convicted of murdering a fellow inmate in the Flat Top mine of the Slosa Sheffield company was executed by hanging today at the county hall.
A Belgian newspaper in Arion Luxembourg reported a widow planning a foot pilgrimage for eleven young men to Jerusalem with 160 for travel and 4000 on return. Deputies sought five more volunteers, drawing many applicants, then revealed as a hoax, the paper had acted on false information.
Grand jury in Jamestown indicts Standard Oil and Vacuum Oil of Rochester and Pennsylvania Railroad on rebating charges under interstate commerce law. Each indictment contains twenty four counts. Other items note attorney general Hadley en route to New Mexico and a $50,000 damages suit against Secretary Loeb.
Army surgeons report two confirmed leprosy cases treated with X rays in the Philippines show marked tissue improvement and disappearance of lesions after months of therapy. Long term results are uncertain, but potential large implications are noted. A Cullen island leprosy colony has been established with extensive rebuilding and a church given a cross and bell through New York charity. In Idaho a man named Wm Henry Hicks Bond is hanged for the murder of his wife in October 1804 with help from Mrs Jennie Daly.
A new labor union, the United Teamsters of America, was launched in Chicago as a rival to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. P. Shea was re elected president as old officers wound up the conventioneers. Frank Morrison races to Chicago with a Gompers appeal to halt secession efforts.
A strike of about 2,000 gold beaters began yesterday across New York, affecting ninety two firms. Delegate Jas McCabe said the move aims to drive out middle men and small contractors who take contracts from large manufacturers by enforcing an open shop.
Boston August 10 bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts rejects links to a long running prayer chain that claimed his involvement. He says the messages are the work of a demented or mischievous person and not authorized by him.
Worcester hosts the thirty-fourth annual National Association of Amateur Oarsmen regatta on Lake Quinsigamond with delegates meeting at the Lakeside boathouse to elect five executive committee members. Frank B. Greer defends the single scull title amid strong challengers including Pred Shepherd and Low Scholes. absence of last year’s octuple event noted.
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