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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1907
Page
2
Opera star Enrico Caruso announces a strike over pay, demanding three dollars per appearance. The plan covers fifty performances scheduled in the next six months, signaling a potential disruption to the touring program and concert engagements.
In New York March reports cover Caruso bargaining with impresario Conried over $2300 per performance plus fifty appearances, hints of a $4,000 fee, and a $140,000 six month total. The piece notes the late Governor Higging’s estate valued around $15 million and mentions Cocaine debates by Dr. Crothers and police corruption probes in Brooklyn.
A reflective piece critiques New York politics and wealth in the late 19th century. It notes Samuel Tilden and other magnates like Roswell P. Flower Levi P Morton and John D Rockefeller as symbols of vast fortunes. It discusses governance, insurance fraud, rail regulation, and police reforms amid public discourse on fortunes and social priority.
Articles of Incorporation filed with Territorial Secretary J W Raynolds detail the New Mexico Association of Firemen a benevolent fraternal organization with principal business in Santa Fe Rio Arriba County The capital stock is 3000 dollars divided into equal shares The object is welfare of the deep air industry and related aims Territorial agent Jos Damiana Turin at law Winow Notaries Public appointed by Governor Hager include Henry Piha Miguel Counts M Marshall Clarence Roberta and others
A blaze threatened the Old Palace after an early morning chimney fire near the post office. Clerk J. Pare of the post office force spotted flames just as they breached the roof, prompting a bucket brigade and chemical engine to prevent total destruction.
London reports Princess Tousouw and a Scottish countess amid domestic quarrels over a chef and tenants, with a Swedish consul involved. American socialites arrive in force as gossip and court intrigue mix with lawsuits, staged wealth, and Irish charity events headlining the season.
A McDonough Georgia woman credits Electric Bitters with curing chronic stomach and blood problems, claiming renewed vigor and the ability to work alongside her husband. Separately a Palace gambling tale recounts a high stakes roulette win and dealer disputes over a $15,000 bet, with a bystander involved in the number discussion.
Various rental offers list rooms in multiple locations with monthly rates, including light housekeeping, furnished rooms with or without board, and a six room brick house. Proposals for a brick dormitory at Santa Fe School, New Mexico are published with submission details. Legal notices include public publication of land claims and local attorney advertisements.
In Santa Fe on March 1, the land office recorded 156 original homestead entries for February, with 53 from Torrance and 50 from Santa Fe counties. A clerical shortfall delayed many applications, while desert land entries totaled six for the last eight days and will be credited to March. The report lists totals for January through February, noting widespread distribution among Bernalillo, Guadalupe, Mora, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Torrance counties, plus a note on a revocation of a requirement for field examinations.
Denver Colorado March 1 1907. Sealed proposals in triplicate will be received here and at each post quartermaster for furnishing wood fuel coal blacksmiths coal charcoal and mineral oil for the fiscal year ending June 30 1908 at Fort Apache Fort Huachuca Whipple Barracks and Inn Fort Logan Denver Fort Bayard Fort Wingate Fort Douglas Fort Duchesne Utah. Envelopes marked Prepared for Fuel and Oil. McCaul ey Chief Quartermaster. Dean's Rel fe promotes bowel action 25 cents a box.
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