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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1907
Page
1
General Bulkeley Wells of Colorado arrived in Wallace on May 18 and visited jail inmate Steve Adams, who is awaiting retrial for Fred Taylor's murder. Adams' attorney J H Wourme reports Wells urged a deal to secure Adams testimony against Moyer Haywood and Pettibone, possibly immunity, a claim Wells denies, saying he came to Wallace on private business.
Boise May 18 With the court opening the trial of Haywood attorneys pressed to secure a jury. Twelve jurors seated, five of twenty peremptory challenges used so far. Prosecution and defense each used challenges. more talesmen awaited as jurors exhaust. Additional witnesses arrive as sides escalate efforts to reach a qualified panel.
Newport Ry 1 May 18 The submarines Octopus and Lake surfaced Thursday after a 24 hour underwater trial. The Octopus could potentially stay submerged longer on power, but the test assessed other staying qualities. New York May 14 A dinner for Viscount Aoki the Japanese Ambassador and General Kuroki was held at Hotel Astor with officers of Japanese ships. The organizing committee included Cornelius Bliss General Tracy Paul Low August Helmont A De Timá Dr Willan Schieffelin and Lindsay Russell.
Nashville will see a new hotel project by S Hartman a six story building with a fifty foot frontage on Broadway and a 125 foot depth containing about 200 rooms half with bathrooms. The estimated cost ranges from seventy five to eighty thousand dollars and a restaurant will be part of the European plan. It is described as the highest hotel in the city.
Columbus Ohio May 18 The Presbyterian general assembly shows smoldering antipathy toward a temperance report. Dr David Wills resigns refusing to head the committee. A shelve the report movement forms as opponents resist the Anti-saloon League. Moderator Roberts appoints Henry K. Deskere to the temperance committee. The assembly adjourns with plans to settle the issue at the next meeting. A second item notes a hen adopting two piglets in Hinghamton.
Washington May 14 Gas ton Philip a prominent clubman shot and wounded cabdriver Frank G Mackaboy after an altercation at the Arlington hotel. The pair arrived in Philips car after a quarrel over a commlation for guiding services at the hotel.
Special to The Evening Citizen Plagetatt Avia May 18 Hearst and Mrs Hearst arrived yesterday on the limited from the west. They were met at the train by Hon. SL FP Ashurst and registered at Hotel Weatherford. He is owner of the San Francisco Examiner and the Los Angeles Examiner and others. He plans to visit Navajo and Moqui reservations and other points in the vicinity. Stay may be a few days or weeks.
Oxendine reports ore near Coyote and Hell canyons may run near $1000 a ton with a vein widening to three feet at 46 feet. He has fourteen claims, two with ore showing 24 percent copper and gold, and says the district could hold the great find. Prospectors flock to the area as the boom spreads with camps forming and staking expanding.
Fragmented text reports a burglary claiming $13,600 in stamps stolen from a city facility. Mentions a safe blown open, and suspects or suspects’ names unclear. Several garbled phrases reference workers and demands, with no clear dates or locations.
William McClintock, a retired capitalist, died in a collision between his car and a wagon in Chicago Michigan. He reportedly threw himself between the shaft and Moe McClintock to save his wife, sacrificing his life in the accident.
Denver reports the death of Warner Mills a longtime lawyer and prolific legal author who corrected the proofs of his latest work the Irm Manuel Mills born in Lancaster Wisconsin in 1852 was the son of judge J T Mills He studied law under his father then at the University of Wisconsin graduating with honors before practicing in Wisconsin He moved to Colorado settling at Lake City where his practice grew and in 1881 he married Sarah Delia Wilde of Dubuque Iowa.
In St Petersburg on May 1, Count Lao Leonvitch Tolstoi son of the famed author was arrested and charged with high treason for publishing his father’s wartime pamphlet. The court released him but ordered the Russian edition burned and the plates destroyed. The report from New York notes dull market activity at the Metal Market.
A Pennsylvania state convention plans to endorse Senator Hander Knox as the Keystone state's choice for president, with President Roosevelt expected to welcome the endorsement as approval of his policies. Also notes denial of MIT presidency offer to UC President Wheeler. Lava flow from Stromboli eases and San Bernardino to Arrowhead trolley service to begin within two weeks.
The infant prince of the Spanish throne, born May 19, was christened today in the private chapel of the royal palace at noon. Madrid observers noted the ceremony and attendance by royal figures and officials.
May 13 New York The finance committee of the International Marine Mercantile company ordered the strike fought to a finish and authorized spending any amount to carry out the agreement with thirty five other deep sea firms to end the strike.
Tulsa May 18 Osage Croesus Paul meti ha, chief of the Osages worth about $2,000,000, storms streets after anger over oil income and failed bid for a water supply. He reportedly disperses $1,000 in new banknotes, owns vast family estate, and threatens white people though few acts follow.
Washington rumors say President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft oppose aspects of Oklahoma's proposed state constitution. They would not claim the president would refuse statehood if adopted, but argue a republican form and school funding issues are central. Public school limits and gerrymander provisions are highlighted as objections.
The Kansas Republican central committee approved Taft for the national nomination after J T Moore of Pittsburg was elected chairman with W Morgan of Hutchinson backing the move. Senator Long ox proposed a resolution praising Taft’s ability and integrity and the body adopted it without debate. The convention showed overwhelming support for Taft across sections.
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