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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1906
Page
1
Mavana December 11 report claims thousands of rifles and machine guns landed in Pinar Del Rio hidden in woods near Maciel and secretly removed. Troop movements tied to search for arms. Cubans and Americans relations said to be good though tensions rise among natives.
Buffalo reports nearly twenty one million bushels stored in elevators and ship holds combined with ten million afloat in the harbor. Elevators hold about eleven million more and about seven million more grain will be placed in vessel holds next spring.
Washington dispatch reports a Baltimore and Ohio rear end collision near Terracotta Maryland last night. about forty dead and around fifty injured as an empty train plowed into a passenger train bound for Washington. Officials promise a full inquiry to fix responsibility and identify victims including Annie Cunlo Robert Anderson and many others.
Sheriff Hubbell demanded possession of the office from Perfecto Armijo with no Supreme Court order in hand. Armijo refused and appealed, raising questions of governor versus court authority and possible contempt. New county officials, including Grunsfeld as assessor and Heaven as treasurer, prepared to take oath. a treasury deputy and other details outlined. A separate suit was filed in McKinney County court by the Fernandes Company against Treasurer Ketchner.
The police in the last days captured over 100 leaders and members of a secret democratic military group operating within the army and navy. Among those taken was the editor of the clandestine paper Harracks, plus twenty five soldiers and several women, with further arrests of Socialist Revolutionary and Social Democrats members. A list of twenty seven high officials sentenced to death was reported, and a thwarted plot to blow up a conference was foiled. Additional arrests were made in Kiev where forty Social Democrats were rounded up.
A dispatch from Guadalajara reports Japanese migrants entering the country under contract to work on the Mexican Central railway extension. An incident near Terracotta involved a freight engine colliding with a local train after signals allegedly showed occupied track. Passengers and workers claim the signals were misrepresented, while arrivals in Guadalajara and El Paso imply the group contains professionals and students rather than laborers.
United States Marshal faces a complex prosecution after Rumaly Chaves, a road house operator north of the falls, was arrested for selling liquor to Indians. Bottles secured as evidence showed black sediment and changed color, suggesting tainted whiskey, now for the prosecutor to prove.
A horse belonging to Gonay Maples was shocked by a 500 volt wire at the corner of Second Street and Gold Avenue Saturday morning. The animal appeared unharmed, with no burns, but internal injuries and breathing trouble were noted. A veterinarian judged the horse likely to die.
Portland reports at least twenty vessels on the Willamette and Columbia rivers loaded with lumber for California. Most cargoes go to San Francisco as ships of the armament fleet are drafted for duty. Over 1,000,000 feet of lumber will be shipped in the coming days.
In Scranton on December 31 authorities report Typhoid fever cases over three hundred since the outbreak began. Officials say impure water supplied by the city contributed to the spread, with the epidemic now easing after waterworks improvements. Deaths total about fifty four to date.
Board members led by President Hopkins and Superintendent Clark finalized a contract for W. D. Sterling of Lansing to serve as Albuquerque public schools superintendent, with Sterling resigning Jan 26 1907 from Lansing. Sterling will move to Albuquerque after that date and assume duties, joining a system praised for growth and new buildings.
Reports from Richmond and nearby areas detail a railroad train robbery on the Seaboard line near La Crosse. Two masked robbers boarded as passengers, stole about 2000 dollars in valuables, and escaped into the woods after one robber shot the Pullman conductor in the arm and the other triggered the emergency cord.
Funeral services for Thomas O’Rourke were held at Immaculate Conception Church with Father Mandalori celebrating Mass and a four-voice choir from the convent. Santa Barbara Cemetery hosted the interment, pallbearers included Scott Knight James Boyce and others as mourners gathered. O’Rourke, a construction foreman for Albuquerque Pressed Brick and Tile, had many feuds in Albuquerque. Relatives in Worth Kansas attended.
Bowton Dec 1 An outcome of District Attorney Moran s criticism of police enforcement of Sunday laws Police Commissioner O Meara gave orders that the laws though blue be enforced yesterday The police cited every person they caught doing any work to let the courts decide what is necessary work Some offenders were cited for moving theatrical scenery trunks baggage conducting fruit stands stevedoring and other work along the waterfront Others left undone included cleaning streets in markets business and waterfront areas This is a Sunday job due to crowded streets Superintendent Cummings refused to allow his men to be prosecutable
Judge Walter Quane of the federal court declares the Mobility Act unconstitutional in the administration of N. C. Brooklon v Southern Pacific railroad. Believed to be the first ruling linking the act in this matter.
San Francisco December 21 Judge Graham denied the motion to transfer indictments from Judge Dunne or to alter procedures. The ruling cited the need for Dunne's written consent to each section, denying the request. Washington December 31 Observatory plans flash America’s New Year greeting around the world by telegraph, completing a circuit in about ten seconds. The loop spans 26,000 miles via cables and stations from San Francisco to Hawaii, Wake Island, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Madras, Bombay, Aden, Port Said, Gibraltar, Plymouth, England, Nova Scotia, back to the city with a New Year light signal at 13 o'clock tonight.
Liverpool Dec 31 Never in this country has the cotton trade been so active as now With 80 new factories planned in Lancashire and more in view managers urge workers to reclaim relatives abroad as weavers and overlookers seek higher wages Employers may share more profits if the boom lasts A scarcity of weavers is also reported in Canada and the United States with widespread recruitment ads.
The Tokyo forecast of next year’s budget shows an over 60 percent rise in the home army establishment. Three new special forces will be created including heavy field artillery quick firing field artillery and cavalry. Funds will be saved by economies in other departments to arm these forces. The aim is to deter any possible attack by making Japan formidable enough to deter rivals.
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