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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1906
Page
1
Washington and St Petersburg dispatches cover a mixed day in parliament and war commentary. General Kuropathin cites morale and leadership faults as Russia’s defeats factor while U S lawmakers push a statehood bill under a special rule and discuss interregional railway and judiciary measures.
Delegates at the Moroccan conference in Algeciras show cautious optimism while French and Austrian police proposals fuel debate. No session today as committee reviews Regnault draft, with a decision pushed to tomorrow and rising tension among participating nations.
Washington March 20 Officers of the Navy expect no action this year toward a government armor plate plant. A thorough report on the armor plate situation is seen as desirable but not the construction of a government factory. Production by contract would be quicker and useful for assessing current prices and needs.
Newark N J March 20 The Democrats of New Jersey will hold a convention at the New auditorium to reorganize the party. The program calls for equal taxation on railroads and individuals, direct election of US senators, enforcement against corporate violations, criminal penalties for corporate campaign spending, and municipal ownership of public utilities. The platform also supports limited franchise terms and democratizing utilities.
Fort Worth reports irregularities in wool carload weights as railways face a graft controversy. A report from Division Eleven's superintendent Gaines hints at contraband wool shipments amid a strong market, while pricing and territory transfers dominate discussion of market power.
A March hearing by the Local Improvement Board will consider turning Chinatown into a public park at an expense near 3 million dollars. The plan aims to clean up the Chinese district and ease rival tong conflicts, but faces opposition due to the large cost and alternative uses for the lower city.
In Moscow on March 20 twenty armed men surrounded the Mutual Credit Society bank as officials closed the building. They covered employees with pistols and Milaged the place, escaping with 425000 dollars despite bank staff efforts to intervene.
March 20 report on a local cotton spinners’ commission headed to the United States to study baleing marketing and transport of raw cotton. The group aims to assess commercial costs and hopes to attend a May conference of planters and spinners in Washington. St Louis wool market noted as steady and unchanged.
Indifferent to the joint talks called by President Roosevelt, coal miners and operators failed to convene on schedule. Operators delayed until 2 pm, while miners waited in Tomlinson hall. the session remained secret as officials debated. Separately, a Mississippi tornado hit near Meridian causing heavy damage. Camp Bird mill in Ouray burned after a snow slide left its timber exposed.
In Lona France on March 20 the miners congress is expected to reject operators terms. Strikers bowled about $1,000 in protests. Several affrays occur between strikers and troops but none serious.
Boise Caldwell march term delayed until about May 15 after arraignment of Moyer Haywood and Pettibone before District Judge Frank Smith. Jail safety concerns led to Moyer moved to Boise, Haywood to Wisner, Pettibone to Caldwell. Detectives sought separation to secure statements.
Minneapolis March 20 The Annual convention of the National Retail Hardware Dealers association opened here today. Attendance is unusually large with broad representation from every state and territory. The three day session will likely push strongly against the parcel post proposal while supporting a reduction of first class mail from two to one cent per ounce. Delegates argue the rate cut benefits the public and harms parcel post by increasing government costs and disadvantaging small retailers.
Dayton March 20. While operating a new plow on the Dayton and Troy traction road near Chambersburg six miles north of the city, William Humphreys Bert Hoover and Gus Nicol were killed when the plow overturned and twelve tons of meal were used to weigh down the car. In Pittsburg Pa March 20 the entire Williams family of Glen Osborne consisting of John H Williams his wife and five children were found unconscious from asphyxiation and efforts to revive them were made by doctors and rescuers.
Wild snow slides sweep through San Juan country killing fifteen men in seventy two hours and threatening mines and mills. Property losses projected at $500000 as logs stall a Bloomington to Cincinnati passenger train amid thirty inches of snow. Weather stabilizes with rails reopening elsewhere and money markets report slight shifts in rate.
Christiana March 20 Dr Henrik Ibsen is celebrating his 78th birthday today. Despite health decline and recent illness he remains engaged with daily events and receives many congratulatory telegrams. He spent the morning quietly with his son and daughter in law and later drove with attendants to greet friends. Born 1828 at Sylen he became a drug store apprentice before turning to drama and becoming director of the National Theatre and artistic director of the Norwegian Theatre. His best known works include The Doll House Ghonte and Pillars of Society. His plays are praised for social problem themes and he lived in Rome for years before returning to Norway to engage in political reform.
Petehure March 2. The February export from U S iron and steel manufacturers broke monthly records with nearly 14,600 tons of wire, walls and iron pipe shipped abroad via New York and eastern ports. Steel rails and billets totaled about 60,000 tons, with significant overland movement to the Pacific coast for Far East export. New York alone shipped about 24,000 tons. New York led Atlantic coast exports now surpassing Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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