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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
1
Reports from St. Petersburg and Riga describe telegraph disruptions and arson as Baltic peasants seize estates. Informed voices condemn Witte's approach, urging force, while mutinies onboard the Czarevitch and in Ceylon highlight growing unrest across empires.
Special from El Paso Texas December 14 reveal that President Roosevelt may not reappoint Patrick Garrett as collector of customs as his term nears expiry January 16 1906. Republicans in the El Paso district push for his approval aided by Col J A Swith in Washington. Meanwhile in Boston Governor Cousins and counsel plan a hearing for Eugene S Taylor seeking a pardon for nineteen year prison term for poisoning his infant son.
Warsaw December 4. Martial law in Poland mirrors the old regime under Plehve with officials clamping down through fines and arrests for minor offenses. Russian generals impose collective punishment on estate owners and curate harsh measures, while Poles face mass arrests and disappearances. The article argues St Petersburg aims to provoke revolt to justify savage crackdowns by the czar’s army.
Shamokin Pennsylvania hosts a three-district United Mine Workers convention with about seven hundred delegates. John Mitchell presides as talks focus on post March 31 1906 employment terms, eight hour day, uniform pay, and potential strike if operators refuse to recognize the union and confer. The session runs for days with plans to appoint a committee to seek conference and a conciliation plan discussion.
New York dispatch reports F H Harriman asking to return to the witness stand in the legislative investigation into the Equitable Life purchase attempt. The Armstrong committee invited him to testify, with plans to hear him today if possible. Fort Totten appropriation sought for major fort repairs. Fire destroys a building at Fulton and Redfon. Senator Charles Cooper's property, causing heavy losses and a bank safe with cash.
Four crew members on the Rowe Hite were drowned when the steamer collided with the tow boat Joe Kieln and sank in fourteen feet of water in the Monongahela River near Brownsville Pennsylvania. All victims slept below deck and perished as the vessel went down. The surviving passengers were rescued. Memorial tributes to royalty are noted in a separate reference.
Representatives of Virginia's principal cities met at Murphy's Hotel to organize a State Municipal League. Mayor MeCarthy welcomed the delegates, with remarks from Mayor Huston of Newport News, Dr. Martin of Lynchburg, and Jacob Yout of Staunton.
Special to The Citizen from Washington details the president's reappointment of Chief Justice W. J. Mills and Associate Justices John R. McPie and Frank W. Parker for the New Mexico territorial supreme court. Manuel R. Otero is reappointed as land office register at Santa Fe to succeed himself. Albuquerque Postmaster Hopkins is to remain in place. Irrigation projects for Mesa Valley and Rio Pecos approved. Some confusion and commentary surround Hopkins and local Albuquerque officials amid expected changes.
Republicans confer after adjournment to endorse creating Arizona as a state and Oklahoma from the western territory, part of a caucus plan to dispose of the statehood issue before the holiday recess, amid discussion of insurance and commerce impacts in Washington.
Washington, D.C. Dec 14 Thousands visit Mount Vernon to mark the death anniversary of George Washington Father of the Country. Masons from Fredericksburg Va bear a wreath to the sarcophagus in tribute from his mother lodge.
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