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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
1
Reports from Washington to Memphis and Des Moines detail record rainfall and river floods. Bridges, including a major Des Moines river span, were swept away. Cattle carcasses dot flooded Alabama river districts. Rail and irrigation systems suffer heavy damage. towns rely on water trains. National brief notes discuss dam claims, Kiowa land opening, and Senate adjournment ahead of Monday.
Hearst's grievance against the anthracite coal railroads was reopened before the Interstate Commerce Commission this morning. The case hinges on the act to regulate commerce and a recent Supreme Court decision affecting the commission's authority, with implications for Hearst's complaint and the involved railroad companies. Augusta horse show opens in Georgia with a modest program and strong entries, highlighting local support and tourism interest. Lead and copper markets update: lead at 4.95-4.96 cents per pound, copper firm.
Calcutta reports show native members of the viceroy s council abstained from denouncing the large military expenditures urged by Lord Kitchener as unnecessary. The viceroy warned India against false security and warned that Russia's reverses could renew frontier danger, stressing the army price as insurance for India. Many vacancies exist in the Army Medical Department for assistant surgeons as examinations proceed in May and July.
New York hosts a public meeting organized by the New York Society for Promoting the Interests of the Blind. Mark Twain will preside and speak alongside Joseph Choate and Stella Keller to boost the society’s work in ticket distribution, employment help, and morale for blind residents.
Stary College Pa March 29 The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Bee Keepers association opens tonight in the assembly room of the Pennsylvania State College. Members from the region attend to hear Prof H A Surface address the group and review the secretary’s report. Prominent speakers include Prof I P PAs B H Root Prof George Butte B Witt H A Surface and Prof D Berclay. Visitors may inspect the president’s apiary at the college.
London March 20 One of the few peerage romances of recent days was really romantic and ended by the death of Lady Romilly. She survived her soldier husband by months, but her life ended when his did. Violet Grey Egerton, once famed in London society, was to wed Mr Ernest Cunard, a wealthy suitor, but the couple secretly married after prior engagement and quarrels. Cunard later remarried. Lord and Lady Romilly left a seven year old son.
Six foreigners were arrested in Duluth today after police found six Italians murdered yesterday in a rooming house in Minneapolis. One English speaking man claimed the group left the house Monday with six men, all alive at that time. Later five more suspects were arrested in connection with the crime.
Washington March 2 The boundary between Texas and Mexico debated since 1848 will be examined by the senate foreign relations committee next Wednesday. Senator Culberson will discuss eliminating Bancos in the Rio Grande from the 1850 treaty effects. Bancos, a 58 island group in the river, has drawn long attention as the border issue persists. Nearby Baton reports a serious fire in Rohr block on North Second Street. A frame storefront and boot shop burned with losses mostly in a widow Mrs Muse property. stock saved except the widow's house contents and Engiedow's two story brick building saved the block. Estimated loss around 2000 dollars.
Washington reports widespread dismay among second lieutenants as no infantry officer has advanced since last September. Delays stem from pending charges against Lt. V. W. Bolter and a prolonged Senate inquiry, with promotion decisions postponed for weeks or months amid departmental scrutiny and a pending military committee inquiry.
Cileago March 29 report notes the Chicago Architectural Club presents its nineteenth annual exhibition at the Art Institute. The display draws galleries with works by architects alongside allied arts including furniture stained glass windows and decorative materials.
A report from Indianapolis notes President Mitchell announces the convention aims to decide on wage policy. Delegates discuss restoring 1903 scale with adjustments as miners press for terms and joint conference resumes with operators later in the day.
In Bernalillo County court McMillen and Raynolts filed suit against Antonio Armijo Eduardo Chaves and W M Sandoval to recover 116 dollars plus interest on a note held by Montezuma Trust. Mary Meyers seeks divorce from John Meyers. The territorial grand jury shows ten indictments this afternoon. J Pierpont Morgan donates a mastodon to the American Museum of Natural History from Warren collection. the mastodon, found near Newburg New York around 1800, will be shipped from Boston to be set up in the museum.
John C Taft a veteran Santa Fe engineer died yesterday at his El Paso home after years of frail health Brights disease and other ailments thought to stem from long hours in an engine cab He was 61 born in Massachusetts and spent most of his career with Santa Fe Survived by a widow and several children Also noted are market snippets for spelter wool money and grains along with Chicago stock and other brief market items.
Hoddem Bros present the sensational melodrama What Women Will Do opening April 1. Harry Jackson’s stage hit promises thrilling feats and clever comedy with a lifelike boat, a dramatic seaside storm, a leap for life, and a perilous climb, all designed to keep the audience in excitement from curtain rise to fall.
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