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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1907
Page
1
Chicago January report notes Judge William J. Gaynor arguing railroads are public highways. He urged government ownership only as a last resort and favored a general freight agent for each railroad. President Roosevelt's labor peace efforts also loom in reform talks.
In Honolulu the population is mainly Japanese with about 70,000 of 190,000 from the group. Japanese laborers built sugar economies but now occupy many trades and show military interest, including public parades and drills. Hawaii’s Japanese community numbers about a third, with other groups and Americans making up the rest as Japanese families steadily migrate, though some return to the mainland. In Washington Lodge proposes a substitute to the Foraker resolution, authorizing military affairs to inquire into the Brownsville affair and testifying as to presidential authority over troop discharges.
Chicago January 7 amid a prolonged conference with railroad employees officials the Interstate Commerce Commission delayed starting business until tomorrow. The first matter today was charges for switching livestock at Chicago stock yards. Chairman Knapp said the strike question for Southern Pacific firemen would be decided by referendum. Local highway notes reflect a separate report of Mayor Gaynor.
Jan. Bankek? The Chinese quarter of Bankok II has been devastated by fire. Estimated loss about 35,000,000. Paris, Jan. It was also today that the Pope will no longer accept Peters peace from France. All French Catholic donations hereafter will be devoted to supporting clergy in this country.
In influential circles the view prevails that sending APAN ships to the port of San Francisco would be inadvisable during the training squadron cruise. The anti Japanese sentiment is rising, and the Viet may be indefinitely postponed.
Authorities in Versailles seize securities totaling 1 million dollars found at ICH PENDEN PRENCH SEMINARY. The church and state separation case rests on ownership of the bonds and securities, now in municipal custody, to be used for charitable purposes.
United States coal production for 1905 reaches over 100,000,000 tons with an estimated value of 476,765,004 dollars. Anthracite output totals 77,659,850 tons, up six percent from the prior year, while bituminous coal rises to 816,325,259 tons valued at 305,397,001 dollars. The year marks the fourth time U S output surpassed 200,000,000 tons.
Madam Melba will give a concert in the Convention Hall Pittsburg tonight with Emil Pour conducting the Pittsburg Orchestra of sixty five all seals booked weeks ago The event promises a full house as Melba performs in the city’s concert venue tonight
Mexico City telegram reports the seamer City of Panama reached Watport last night after weathered a pollen package incident. In St Louis, President D Francia of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition left for El Paso then Mexico City to present a gold medal and diploma to the president of Mexico for services to the fair. A party including Albino Nunelo will attend the ceremony.
The text relays conflicting accounts of Baca in John Hanes saloon, where a telephone receiver was smashed after a caller refused to talk. It claims Baca had been drinking but argues he was not drunk, and suggests efforts to shape the story to influence coverage.
Six terrorists were saved from execution after a forged order appeared to come from St. Petersburg. The cipher, bearing a signature of General Pavlof, allegedly commuted their sentences, but investigators now say the order was forged.
Bridgeport Conn Germans from across the state gather for the Germania society fiftieth anniversary in Germania hall tonight. Mayor Reynolds will give welcome remarks and prominent Germans from across the union will speak. A program of exclusively German music has been arranged by the Germania singing society.
Santa Fe January 7 delegates elected in November convened the constitutional convention to draft a new New Mexico constitution for submission to Congress with a plea for immediate statehood. Bradford Prince was elected president and David M. White of Santa Fe served as secretary. Attendance was sparse with delegates traveling only from Albuquerque.
Alfredo Salazar, 23, son of Mrs. Placio Shlaxar of Aarelas, taken to territorial penitentiary by Sheriff Armijo to serve a one year suspended sentence for forgery on a Santa Fe shop payroll check. Judge Abbott had suspended the term on good behavior. Salazar’s recent misbehavior triggered enforcement. Sheriff Ko Montoya arrested him after grand jury indictments for forgery. he was brought to Albuquerque and lodged in Bernalillo county. Local police records note a prior pattern of trouble, with his widowed mother repeatedly assisting him.
Reported blaze at Matthews Dairy in Hay Elect destroys a barn and several outbuildings. Pro proprietor TR Thompson estimates damages near 2000 dollars and suspects an incendiary origin after a wandering tramp reportedly dropped a cigarette. Cattle escaped. Buildings to be rebuilt. Nearby third battery area noted as feedmark. Fire visible from the city.
Detroit hosts the largest cat show in the country with over 4 000 exhibits. Persian Manx tailless and silver cats are featured as Mia H Gi Dykehoude and Mrs Hecker gain fame for their silvers. Judges award valuable cups and medals attracting interest from across the states.
New York Jan 7 Attorney General Jackson brought suit in the New York Supreme Court seeking the removal of Mayor Geo B McClellan on grounds he usurped the office. William Randolph Hearst is claimed legally entitled to the mayoralty. The action reportedly does not relate to the warrantee case enjoined last week. Myers goes to Supreme Court Kansas City Jan 7 Judge John F Phillips allowed an appeal to the United States Supreme Court from a district court ruling denying a writ of habeas corpus for Mrs Aggy Myers. The move aims to delay proceedings by about nine months.
The state supreme court ruled that county courts may hear cases challenging franchise validity. The decision involved defendants including B A Williams Henry Doherty and Ordway who were fined for contempt by Judge Kney after refusing to testify in Lindsey’s court. The dispute centered on the Hill of the vote concerning the gas and tramway companies.
Delegate Andrews pursues pension increases for veterans in New Mexico and plans for a naval academy appointment next June. A new Camp Monardh post office opens in Grant County with Wallace Perry as postmaster. Treasury may fund Casa Grande ruins preservation to set a precedent. Also, a legal lands bill and a great poultry show headline Atlanta events.
Santa Fe railroad crews logged three wrecks in 36 hours near Gonzales and Bluewater as No. 1 collided, No. 8 derailed, and No. 4 wrecked eleven cars. No lives were lost though injuries included a broken rib to a messenger and bruises. The cause of the second derailment remained a mystery.
De Larce, wife of the clerk of the house committee on Irrigation, was killed in a fire on a sleeping car near Loveland Iowa yesterday. Lyle De Larce had left Laramie Wyoming where his husband’s body had been sent for burial. He was returning from the funeral of his father in law, Mayor J A Me Keo of Laramie.
A hoisting rope snapped nine feet above the floor at Raynold’s Building injuring Samuel G Gullick and C. Klerstead who were repairing the elevator shaft. Both sustained internal injuries with no broken bones reported. rope break cited as the cause.
Washington delegates from 50 states attend a January gathering at the Octagon house to celebrate the institute's birth. Frank Miles Day notes its role in art and urban improvement, with Sir William Astor Webb honored for architecture leadership in England.
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