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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
1
A Washington dispatch reports the army appropriation bill leaves the grade of lieutenant general intact after a point of order ends a provision abolishing the post. The move preserves the current rank until a vacancy arises and a new decision is made.
Special to The Evening Citizen reports Geronimo Chaves died suddenly at Cubero New Mexico on Monday Friends fear poison and some want exhumation and stomach analysis to confirm source If poison is found investigators will seek origin amid rumors his wife left him with their child and possibly drove him to death by action or intent
General Pavloff, judge advocate general, was mortally wounded at 10 oclock in front of the military court building in St Petersburg. The assassin, disguised as a workman, fired about forty shots, wounding a policeman and a boy before capture. Lieutenant General Vladimir Pavyjom, known as Hangman Pavioff, was also killed in the same incident.
The American Delaine-Merino Record Association held its annual meeting at the Great Southern hotel in Columbus Ohio with breeders from across the states in attendance. President R K Willis of Delaware outlined the group’s origins and goals to preserve and publish Merino blood lines. Members eligible included owners whose flocks trace to pre 1812 imports. Discussions covered improvement, breeding practices, and Merino topics led by noted breeders. Artist members displayed prize Merino pictures and the annual banquet was slated for the Southern hotel that evening.
Carlos Sais, condemned for the brutal murder of Prospectors McLaughlin and Billingsies, is scheduled for execution Friday at 3 PM in Socorro. Sheriff Abeita directs preparations. scaffold and witness list are arranged. Sais shows nerves and refuses food as death nears. no extension expected.
A Penn team led by Professor Matuen Dexter Learned prepares a fully illustrated history of Pennsylvania for the Jamestown Exposition. More than 100 000 documents and maps from 1660 show Swedish and Dutch influence before Penn, with a 1715 map tracing settlement from Pennsylvania through the Blue Ridge to Virginia. The project, aided by Governor Ponnypacker and local historical societies, includes manuscripts photographs and artifacts.
London and Paris debate corporate charter to build undersea railway. Project proposes two parallel tubes totaling thirty miles under the Channel with a $80 million outlay. Half funds to be raised in Britain, rest from France after parliamentary sanction. First year traffic seen at 1.3 million passengers and $5.7 million net profit. Liberal estimates foresee significant future impact on trade and travel. Ottawa discusses naturalization act overhaul to end three year residency requirement for colonial naturalizations.
New Haven Conn January The New York New Haven Hartford company today saved notes to the amount of 370000 which will bear interest at the rate of 6 percent. Three million five hundred thousand dollars will be due in January 1910 and the same amount on January 1912. They are issued as coupon notes to denominations of five ten twenty five and fifty thousand dollars each. The whole amount has been underwritten.
A large joint gathering in Las Cruces yesterday urged immediate construction of a highway linking Las Cruces and El Paso. Gov Hagerman attended to support the project, with a standing committee formed to advance plans and secure legislative backing. The event highlighted local holiday festivities and included a tour of the Leaxburg dam construction site.
Eureka California January 9 a violent clash between union and non union longshoremen left A W Jenks dead his brother 8 W dying and Jack Hays mortally wounded in a street battle tied to longshoremen tensions. In Kansas City January 9 the embezzler William Anderson see reduced sentence from four years to two years nine months for defrauding the First National Bank of nine thousand dollars.
Large exhibits at the Cheesemakers association convention in Milwaukee Wisconsin feature practical dairying addresses by H B Watrous and Baer. Jousn notes Canada leads in cheese production, mostly consumed in England and Europe, affecting English cheddar and Cheshire brands. Canada’s judges will assess exhibits. valuable prizes to be awarded tonight.
In Ecoples New Mexico a 24 year old man living with his mother shot himself last night around nine. The death stems from a love disappointment as the young woman he loved married a rival today. All involved are mine workers or related families in the area.
Chicago January report on Interstate Commerce Commission hearing resumes into Harriman lines with Markham and Stubbs of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific questioned about competition and independence. The testimony touches rate implications and cross-competition for Pacific Coast business, including Chicago agent Neimyer. Missouri case follows in Jefferson City with quo warranto to dissolve merged lines and suspend charters of related companies.
St Louis January 9 1908 judging of the thirteenth annual St Louis Poultry Association show begins today Exhibitors travel from Canada Indiana Maine New York and Belgium to compete Sharpe Butterfield of London Ontario the judge declares this is the finest collection of fowl he has seen in his career
Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg Glucksburg is betrothed to Prince Augustus William, fourth son of Emperor William. She is the second daughter of Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein. Born in April 187, the princess is a member of the empress’s family. The couple share a distant common ancestor from the 17th century. Prince Augustus is finishing his education in Bonn, while the emperor once considered sending him to an American university.
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