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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
1
Paris reports the government resigns its cabinet as deputies defeat the administration. A semiofficial statement says the ministerial crisis does not affect conference policy. Delegates in Algeciras fear the turmoil may unsettle diplomacy while work on police issues continues.
In St. Petersburg and New York insurers suspend policy sales in Russia after riots and political unrest cause six percent of deaths among policyholders. Firms cite danger to lives and poor prospects for stabilization, delaying further Russian business until peace returns.
Ottawa March opening signals a three month late session led by Earl Grey. The tariff commission findings and revised schedules shape the budget debate. Expected friction remains over duties spending and ministerial vacancies as merchants push for higher tariffs and advocates seek curbs on usury.
Special to The Evening Citizen reports the Senate in executive session confirmed RK. W. Hopkins as his own successor in the Albuquerque postmaster position. Washington D. C. notes the nomination occurred late yesterday in a decisive vote.
Reported wave and wind scour a string of South Pacific islands including Society and Tuamotu groups. Tahiti, Papeete, Moorea and Bora Bora noted with populations, harbors, and colonial ties. French annexation of Tuamotu in 1881 cited. Local native communities described as Polynesian converts to Christianity.
Washington dispatch reports Acting Chief Gilespie suspending ten St Louis police, two sergeants and eight patrolmen amid graft charges as grand jury probes central district corruption. Also noted are indictments against MuthA Reserve Life Insurance officers and a mass mutiny aboard the steamer Massachusetts with one life lost. Identifications follow Seine case of a missing American girl.
Reports indicate the Nogal postoffice on the Capstan branch of the El Paso and Northeastern railway was entered by robbery. Thieves blew open the safe and damaged the lock while attempting to relock it. The postmaster says a large sum was in the safe, but the lock condition prevents confirming the amount. Marshall’s office had not been notified yet.
A Hutchinson dispatch reports Charles M Schwab on a train that passed through Hutchinson shortly after welock day and quotes Schwab saying he is feeling fine. The conductor mentions Anat Sebway had not been seriously hurt since leaving Los Angeles.
A North Eighth Street incident left a young child severely burned after playing with matches in a room adjoining the mother’s work area. The dress ignited, and though the parent acted quickly, the flames caused serious burns to the stomach and chest. A physician treated the injuries with soothing balms and the child rested this afternoon.
Reports from Susan B Anthony's bedside in Rochester New York indicate her pneumonia has worsened and her doctors fear for her recovery. The rapid decline raises grave doubts about her prospects today.
In Brooklyn on March 9 the New York and New Jersey divisions of the Century team club of America hold a home trainer cycle races during their annual ball. Amateurs from nearby and out of town are expected to compete, with representation from New Jersey and New York divisions including Joseph T Halles, Ben Hul, Harry Jeecer, and Herman Lind.
A series of wrecks near Galatoga Springs New York and in Pennsylvania Burlington Vermont and Ohio results in ten deaths and many injuries. A passenger train crash near Galatoga Springs follows a freight wreck causing fatalities including Mrs Esmond and child Gertrude Esmond. An engine collision near Radenburg Pennsylvania kills four Italian laborers and injures 35. A Burlington rear end collision fatally strikes stockman Heaton. Smaller railroads may cut some services under Ohio two cent fare law. Atlantic Coast Line plans to issue 10 million dollars in additional common stock.
Several cases filed in district court include J C Baldridge vs Charles F Myers for 386.45 alleging Myers did not settle after timber and supplies were provided. Jaffa Brow grocers claim 121.04 against Robert Cordova for supplies. Bowen of Equitable Life Assurance sues multiple defendants for sums up to 9 percent. Meanwhile, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks hosts a state organization meeting in Pennsylvania. Civil War Veterans dedicate monument at New Hampshire battle site amid a program with Governor Pennypacker expected to attend.
In Washington on March 8 the secretary of the navy issued economy instructions to Admiral Evans, Train, and Goodrich amid exhausted fuel supplies. Contractors may be asked to wait for Congress funding, with coal purchases funded by available reserves, delaying movements and keeping distant ships in place to avoid risk while economies tighten across commands.
The Canadian Pacific railway announces summer port for its two new Atlantic liners will be Quebec rather than Montreal until a 30 foot deep channel connects the cities. Work on deepening the St Lawrence from Montreal to Quebec has cost about 8 million dollars since 1900 and may finish by 1907, enabling 14,000 ton vessels and possibly even larger ships. The government may be urged to deepen and widen the channel further to accommodate Cedric and Baltic sized vessels.
A. J. Mitchell, a lawyer with offices in the First National Bank building, denies an Albuquerque Fakir Journal interview attributed to him. He insists he has never discussed the garage business or garbage incineration, calling the published interview false and requesting the reporter to send the purported piece.
A meeting of the Bernalillo County Commissioners is scheduled for Saturday morning March 10. Chairman Alfred Gransis tallies the agenda items including bridge pairings for the Corvales bridge and repairs to the Alameda dy Urat before the spring runoff of the Rio Grande.
In Washington the senate opened statehood talks with McCumber proposing a Sequoya state out of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, eliminating New Mexico and Arizona. Patterson opposed joining NM and AZ, recounting their unprepared readiness and a prior 1876 Colorado bid, while Tillman signaled a speech on the presidents message and coal inquiry. The House meanwhile moved to obtain a State Department report on Oriental candidacy and relieved irrigation project charges for Gila river.
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