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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1906
Page
1
Reports from Cuba detail ongoing disasters with rising death tolls and property losses. Authorities warn of continued casualties as rescue efforts continue and more information is awaited from regional agencies and local officials.
Reports from Havana show severe damage from a storm across Pinar del Rio and Batabano with seven drowned near Batabano. The American steamers Campbell and Sara wrecked, many homes destroyed, 260 homeless. Batabano mayor appeals for relief. Havana city hit hard. Forty nine Australian workmen landed at Key West after sea rescue. others feared lost. All Americans in Havana reported safe. marines say no casualties. Thirty five lives lost in hurricane wrecks near Jacksonville and Miami. multiple vessels damaged and dredges drifted.
Bryan toured northern Colorado today with a Democratic committee and a special train visiting Greeley Fort Collins and Boulder. He spoke to large crowds in each city then addressed supporters in Denver before continuing his campaign.
London house has shut down amid a suspension of operations. The exact cause and extent of the failure are not yet known. Officials investigating the halt have not released specific details or timelines. Local authorities advocate caution while clarifying the situation.
London bank P MacFadyn & Co of Arbuthnot & Co announces suspension of payment with cause undisclosed and amount unknown. Separate report says about 10 million dollars in gold will leave England this week, 4.95 million to Egypt today, while local bankers recover from yesterday’s scare and markets show steadiness.
Urgent liquidation peaks in the stock market as prices fall 1 to 3 percent from last night for active speculative favorites. Currency moves to the Interior for crops and Canadian needs to fortify Toronto banks add pressure. Large buy orders curb the decline but fail to stop it. Market closes in a semi panic.
Osden Utah October 20 The Ogden gateway is closed and the Rio Grande and Gould Lines will be shut out of Idaho and Montana by the Oregon Short Line. The Denver and Rio Grande will lose representation in Idaho and Montana tariff sheets, pushing traffic to Harriman lines and prompting business shifts to routes via Denver and Portland.
A passenger train is wrecked eighteen miles north of Houston Texas. Twenty passengers are injured and a special train has been sent to the scene.
Mimaney Beard wife of Hurrell Beard of Owensboro Kentucky died at St Joseph's hospital at 4 40 this morning. She was cousin of John Reaven of Albuquerque and had lived there about a year with her daughters Hetty and Marie. Funeral is set for Monday morning at 9 from the Church of the Immaculate Conception with burial at Saint Baran cemetery. The family is receiving much sympathy.
A civic exhortation urging voters to compare the two county race tickets. It argues the straight Republican ticket offers rational principles and effective service, while the so called People’s Ticket is a reform slogan masking insincerity and self serving aims.
Texas land boom drives 14 500 applications in Land Commissioner Terrells office with 3 000 filed in El Paso County alone. Buyers seek eight sections at home and many aim to develop minerals. 7 000 000 acres sold so far. over 1 000 100 acres remain. Arthur City and Lamer County described, land values vary from 1 to 15 dollars per acre.
Advices from Rio Grande state report a band of revolutionists organized to forcibly release prisoners captured in raids by federal and Texas authorities at Laredo Eagle Pass Rio Grande City and other points. Men are in the field and it is stated that after freeing the prisoners an expedition into Mexico will be launched.
San Francisco reports five men killed and two injured as walls toppled by high winds. Incidents occurred at Commercial Montgomery and Mission Third, with Greek victims named Peter Johns and G Durand. Nearby, a Kansas City fire destroyed Masonic temple booths and residences, while other incidents included ship collision in New York Harbor and Selby Abbey fire in England.
Five men were arrested in El Paso on charges of being Mexican revolutionists connected to Juntas in Texas towns and St. Louis. Among detainees are Captain Castro of Juarez military garrison and Lauro Aguirre publisher of Reforma Social. Mexican authorities raided Ciudad Juarez, arresting seven more. both sides maintain absolute secrecy.
Special to The Evening City Rincon New Mexico October 20 a 35 year old J hn Keyo was killed in Rincon when a string of cars backed over him at the Santa Fe yard. The coroner jury ruled death resulted from his own negligence. Keyo a consumptive recently at Bayard sanitarium hoped to return to telegraph work and had been en route to a Santa Fe offer in San Marcial after leaving a lunch near Harvey House he was found dead after Keyo had been drinking heavily and departed the Super City train.
The American consul at Tamatave reports a discovery of a wax like substance from the rasta plant. Extraction is simple: natives collect the rata fiber, throw aside debris, boil pellicles and powder to form wax. The material may become a valuable commodity in the country due to its chemical and physical properties.
LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO OCT 20 The town greeted W H Andrews congress delegate with a long horse parade and crowds at the depot. A Republican rally followed at headquarters as Col Geo W Pritchard and H O D Bursum led figures sought support. The county caucus was planned for the afternoon with speeches to follow.
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