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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
1
At Oklahoma City today Judge Prouty presiding opened a railway investigation. The proceeding focuses on safety and regulatory compliance, with details limited as the inquiry continues under court supervision.
Oklahoma City January 31. The investigation of railroads in Oklahoma opened at the district court building with IC C official C A Fronty presiding. Attorney General Cromwell seeks to prove excessive rates and equipment shortages. Cases include Blackwell Milling, Ponca Milling versus MK&T and charges against Santa Fe and Rock Island for discrimination in rail rates to Indian Territory and Galveston with car shortages alleged.
Ottawa reports the marine ministry advancing a plan to ship fresh fish from Maritime provinces to Ontario and Quebec using cold storage. A $25,000 vote funds railway cold storage service, with Hon. J. Brodeur coordinating with railways to launch next summer, aimed at Bra, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and interior centres.
President A J Davidson of the St Louis and San Francisco reports the Colorado Southern New Orleans and Pacific railway will reach New Orleans by May 1. The line runs via Baton Rouge to Beaumont and Houston Texas, linking with Trinity and Bayou Valley at Houston and with St Louis Brownsville and Mexico at Waice Louisiana. A connection to the Rock Island at Waice will form a southern route to New Orleans through Arkansas. Davidson says little new construction is planned in 1907, but the system will be developed and improved.
Announcement that a night bank would be opened by the City Bank and Trust Company to operate from 10 a.m. until midnight was made in New Orleans today. The move introduces extended hours for nighttime banking services in the city.
Byron Webster former editor of the Marshalltown Statesman died today in Marshalltown Iowa He was the first editor to suggest Grover Cleveland as president upon Cleveland's election as governor of New York Also notes evacuation of Manchuria beginning with the departure of the M cow regiment in St Petersburg and Russian forces referenced.
New York reports two jurors excused in the Thaw murder trial with no reason given. The state and defense agreed to dismiss Nos. 4 and 7, prompting fresh juror selection and a new panel may be summoned. The alleged theatrical trust is later indicted by the grand jury for conspiracy and restraint of trade.
The United States swimming championships are held this afternoon at the Brookline public baths. The feature is the 25 yard Invitation race with rivals Boyce O'Neil and Herb Holm, aiming to beat Daniels of New York A C who holds 12 seconds. Also slated is the plunge for distance with Al McCormack, former world record holder, facing Arthur Smith of Quincy.
Controller Mets announces a sale tomorrow of forty million dollars in four percent stock and bonds of the city of New York. The issue includes corporate stock for municipal projects maturing 1956, water supply bonds, street and park opening bonds, and street improvement annexation bonds. Northern Quebec Wolves Rampage Prompting Mass Assembly to Combat Threats. One paragraph notes huge packs in the region prowling towns at night and a mobilization of sixteen thousand men at Island Lake to exterminate the pests.
Cherngston West Virginia January 31 The tangled and dismembered bodies of at least thirty of the eighty or more victims of Tuesday s disaster in the Stuart mine near Thurmond were found at the shaft foot when rescue crews reached the level last evening The broken cage prevented removal Some 90 men were in the mine when the disaster occurred and none escaped death a fatal outcome seems certain as investigators plan a thorough inquiry into the cause
A council session began at 10 20 am with Council Bill No 1 approving election of jury commissions and jurors passing 11 to 0. A House Joint Resolution granting a pocket roster of legislators and officials also passed 11 to 0 after amendment to reduce a proposed $190 appropriation to $50. Several other bills were introduced addressing bonding of officials, public funds depositories, tax equalization, and military post status in Romeell. The council adjourned to 2 90 pm. tomorrow.
Deputy U S Marshal Forbes returns from moving thirty four Chinamen to San Francisco for deportation with costs near three thousand dollars. Twenty four captured at Las Cruces one at Alamogordo five at Deming. In San Francisco the board of education considers sending four directors plus the superintendent and secretary to Washington to discuss the Japanese school question.
An imperial edict issued at Pekin directs adherence to traditional learning in Chinese schools at Chita. It calls for selecting suitable men as teachers and emphasizes teaching the code of ethics and moral doctrines of the great Chinese sages, with special attention to Confucian principles.
United States consul Michael reports the pearl fishery at Calcutta was highly successful last season. Revenue totaled 875,592 dollars, expenses 73,510, yielding a profit over 11,000 dollars beyond that of 19 Mart 08. Praise has been sent to the country where demand remains high.
A large irrigation enterprise plans to reclaim about 65,000 acres in Colorado, along the Union Pacific line from Tift to Crook. The project, adjacent to vast prairie, would source water from Cedar and Pawnet creeks. Estimated cost is under 106,000 dollars.
Central Illinois earthquake and New York inheritance tax notes fill a wide range of dispatches. An Omaha street car crash at Harney Street killed driver Sam Thomas and injured six others. Severe shocks reported at Highland and Greenville, Illinois, shook dishes from shelves. Chicago reports a major fire ruining ninety street cars and a death from fumes. Berlin announces Germany’s first submarine commissioned at Kiel and future builds. New York notes a $625,000 inheritance tax payment from Russell Sage’s estate, the largest to date, while Standard Oil patriarch S. M. Dodd dies at 71 in Pinehurst North Carolina.
Dynamite shattered the Santa Fe depot in Silver City New Mexico last night. Explosives wrecked the exterior and interior while the blast was heard across the city. The burglars attempted a safe robbery but failed.
Senator Raynor of Maryland accuses President Roosevelt of usurping legislative and judicial powers in a Senate speech. He cites the Santo Domingo treaty, executive interference in state matters, and calls for a revised unwritten constitution to safeguard reserved state rights. He warns the trend threatens constitutional balance.
Depotmaster Overstreet arrested a man fitting a desperate escape profile on a passenger train near the city. A rusty case knife was found on the suspect as police tied him to threats in court. He claimed to be from New York or Wisconsin, with a disheveled appearance and a vague age. The judge set 24 hours to fix the trial date as the subject remains in custody.
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