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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1907
Page
1
Edward Bagley known as the Boy Broker no longer treated as a joke by the exchange after he clears a $200000 wheat position. The development signals sharper scrutiny of speculative trading and a possible shift in market confidence.
Chicago May 28. Dollar wheat brings fortunes to two of the board of trade's youngest members. Frederick Lewis claims about 40 000 from the market while another young trader is said to have cleared well over 100 000 in a few days. Bagley, once a chalk marker, is credited with up to 200 000 as his fellow youths gain prominence amid rapid gains and a record for youth wealth on the exchange.
The article notes an Albuquerque firm Reyd and Dowdell negotiating for a Gold avenue and Sixth street store with Neyf to manage and Dow dell to mine in Coyote canyon. The aging investor reports selling mining property near Death Valley Nevada with a preliminary payment already received and partner John Mahoney expected to arrive in Albuquerque Friday.
A garbled 1900s note reports Grant County Telephone Co plans to build a line from Silver City to Mogollon Camp with government aid while the Geo nt County line from Silver City to Hot Springs extends 8 1/2 miles north. Mogollon line extension discussed.
New York City officials led by Corporation Counsel Ellison filed a legal action to cancel nine gas company franchises. The move targets alleged abuses in service practices and regulatory compliance.
New York May 25. Corporation Counsel Ellison opened a suit against Consolidated Gas and eight other city gas firms to strip them of franchises and city street permits. The statement by Consolidated cautions against monopoly charges, cites prior cases, and notes possible consolidation with AG Jackson’s action if courts align.
In Cay County the Oxendine mine reports ore worth about 783 dollars per ton at the shaft but notes the vein is only twelve inches thick and not yet capable of profitable shipments. The crew plans to prospect at least 100 feet further while pursuing widening indications and a potential long development path.
Chicago buyers faced restrictions as major packers enforce a post mortem inspection rule. Only high grade cattle sold, with 3,000 head moved but 10 to 20 percent below previous week prices. Several line items describe other events and injuries in Chicago and Albany legislative action.
In Washington May 25 Attorney General Bonaparte told the president and Secretary Root the San Francisco District Attorney Devlin’s report on alleged assaults against Japanese residents shows the first accounts were exaggerated and the issue was police protection failures during streetcar service The Interior and Justice departments will review details with Bonaparte and Root.
Colonel Edwards stated Curry would travel to San Francisco aboard the Byford around July 15 and then proceed to Santa Fe from Washington. The plan includes a direct route from San Francisco to Santa Fe with days in Washington and possible White House discussion on New Mexico affairs.
Gen Buckley Wells, a former adjutant general and militia leader connected to the Telluride mining district, appears as a state witness. The Boston millionaire left Harvard in 1802 and organized a rough militia. he is linked to the Moyer Haywood Pettibone kidnapping case and played a role in Colorado tensions and the international strike network.
Carlsbad New Mexico May 28 C W Merchant Abilene Texas arrives to oversee cattle in forests reporting the plains cattle in fine condition and that about 20000 head will be shipped to northern pastures between now and July 1 Also in Georgia J W Tierce George F Hunt and H K Land of the Georgia Iron and Coal company acquitted by a jury at Buger Hill on charges of conage.
New York police investigate a murder after a priest’s body is found in a trunk in a rooming house on West Thirty-seventh Street. Coroner Dr. Lehane says death was by suffocation with neck fracture, aiding a possible strangling case. Detectives interview residents and trace Armenian suspects connected to a Halstead Street address as part of the inquiry.
London May 2 Lord Rothschild warned there is no immediate improvement in stocks. He said markets are not worse but face global pressures from Roosevelt railways actions, French tax debates, and a rising socialist movement in England that undermines growth.
The cold snap set record lows in Cleveland and nearby areas with 40 degrees reported. Bonfires along Lake Erie were kept burning to prevent frost damage to orchards. Zanesville reports killing frost in the Muskingum valley.
Miss Altee Murphy of Peoria and T. J. Shea chief of detectives in Los Angeles were secretly married in San Vivlans chapel after twenty years of parental opposition and a long courtship. Their alliance, formed in Peoria, was blocked by Murphy's parents before the couple fled to California for the ceremony.
John R. Hegeman, president of Metropolitan Life, appears in the New York Supreme Court on charges of forgery in the third degree and perjury tied to the 1905 insurance probe. Ten indictments cover 1902 to 1906, alleging false financial displays and related fraud. Separate case nears end as former Enterprise National teller Thomas W. Harvey faces trial for falsifying accounts and bank funds. Civil suits seek $487,405 loan recoveries from the defunct bank.
A tense courtroom scene unfolds as jurors deliberate in the Mayor Schmitz case with a panel present. Prosecutors and defense attorneys clash over key evidence as timing and strategy shape the trial’s momentum.
Intermy the local graft case centere rewumption of Mayor Schmits trial before Judge Dante and the expected appearance of G B Ui Joseph EB Green William Brebek and Abraham Ruef before Judge Paap to see ty of supervisore in coin with an Attempt of the Parkside Transit company to escur e trolley Theodore Vy Halnay Theodore Vyney former agent of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph company indicted on a separate count will also appear before Judge Dunne Fifty veniremen summoned for a completion of the selimite Jury elect jurors have were to roll call nine absent twenty five excuses to depart leaving sixteen to select four jurors to complete the panel The examination of theme was taken MP When the case was resumed today
Canton Ohio May 25 A large crowd forms in front of the McKinley home as many people wish a farewell view of Mrs McKinley. Public school children and local residents join neighbors and villagers in paying respects while plans for protection of the president and guests are arranged by Inspector Sutton.
In Silver City New Mexico on May 3 a government arson case is cited as the arson of a planned fort bayard structure. The new building will be an old Spanish mission style, costing many thousands of dollars and touted as one of the government's best constructions at Bayard.
In Chicago on May 3 Miss Paile ander Swinnen aged 0 years allegedly killed her mother and attempted to kill her father who escaped. She then set fire to her garments and died in the blaze. The incident is linked to a love affair and follows notes on a dilapidated asylum. Nearby reports describe a heavy front in Kentucky and a central Kent region early vegetable concerns.
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