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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1906
Page
1
New York Oct 27 Theodore Roosevelt United States president marks his forty eight birthday as tributes pour in from across the country. The piece traces Roosevelt family roots in New York and Georgia, noting ancestral ties, home streets, and the Roosevelts early NY life and public service.
New Orleans asserts status as the world’s largest banana and peanut port after harvests reaching 10,000,000 bunches of hamanaX and 54,000,000 rocagnats this year, according to local reports.
In Imperial California on October 27 reports say the Salton Sea creation nears end as work redirects the Colorado River back to its old channel. The New River stopgap will cease discharge in two to three days, saving the Southern Pacific from a high desert crossing. Evaporation of desert water runs about three feet annually, predicting the sea may vanish in seven or eight years.
Merry J Heredia a young Japanese man wanted in San Antonio New Mexico confessed to obtaining goods under false pretenses admitting he secured 40 worth of goods He had about 60 on his person and offered to refund 40 to Mr Hilton He was arrested by the local police and to be sent back to San Antonio by Ranger Lt Ciripano Baca who attended but left for the south with the prisoner The case awaits further developments with details yet unreleased
Today October 27 the Storing Salt Co organized itself and promises to rival the International Salt Co. The new enterprise with authorized capital of one million dollars expects to complete the plant and begin shipping strong on very soon by January.
In Union County Ohio, Obie Sin saved Vice President Hartley Harper from drowning as boys. The scene recalls a boyhood memory when both were youths beside Union County waters.
San Francisco DA Langdon and aides hold the district attorney’s office amid anticipated grand jury action and Ruef’s claims. Attorney General Webb signals possible intervention to protect the office. case hinges on Langdon’s status and Ruef’s appointment. In Topeka, Railways face federal suits for safety regulation violations, naming Rock Island, Missouri Pacific, Kansas City Southern, and Chicago Great Western. further suits expected.
A London dispatch claims a defensive alliance among Great Britain France and Italy would replace the central triple alliance when it expires, driven by a balance of power shifts after Russia’s war losses. US sympathy allegedly mixed. The report is labeled flatly contradicted by London officials who call the claims baseless.
The eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs J Stevens of North Sixth Street was found unconscious in a high chair with her weight on her neck after sun sap, an accident the family physician and Stevens promptly treated to prevent serious harm.
Report from New Mexico area mentions no arguments heard yet in a sheriff injunction case as of this afternoon with Bocorro county offices pending. Sixth Judicial district attendees arrived late while discussions continued. Alumni meeting in Chattanooga lists representatives from Kentucky Tennessee South Carolina Florida Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana.
The Evening Citizen reports two private caucuses in Socorro County where both Democratic and Republican conventions are expected to name their state slate tonight.
New York October 27 Laula G Hampton assistant secretary of the United States Trust company shot and killed Victoria Tacakow a 20 year old living with her father and invalid mother in the Hotel Griffeau then killed himself. Hampton aged about 60 leaves a wife and two children and was regarded as a trusted long time employee with secretarial duties only.
A noon robbery attempt in St. Petersburg targets a cash wagon from the customs to the state treasury. Two bombs hit the vehicle near Grinek candi, injuring gendarmes and guards who fired back. One bandit died, another was captured, and about $109,000 was seized before getaway. Several bystanders were lightly hurt.
Secretary of State Elihu Root spoke to a large Republican mass meeting at Grand Central Palace in New York on Lexington Avenue and Forty Third Street. General Horace Porter presided and ex Governor Frank S Black also addressed the gathering.
W L H Adams, longtime Harvey system manager and head of the Alvarado hotel, died of pneumonia in his hotel apartment after a four day illness. He, from New York originally, had been in Albuquerque six months with his family since moving from Hutchinson Kansas. Survived by a widow and five year old daughter. Body to be shipped to Los Angeles or Jersey City. other relatives notified.
Fire in Armourdale Kansas across from Kansas City destroys a negro boarding house. Three Mexican laborers burned to death in the blaze. In Columbus Ohio an early hotel fire at the Palm hotel endangers many as eleven are rescued from upper rooms. Defective wiring caused the blaze and escape routes were blocked. Ladders were used to bring people down in night clothes. Four injured.
Severe wind swept through St Louis from the southwest at dawn injuring two as it toppled two buildings at Third and Carr streets. An unfinished two story frame in East St Louis collapsed with no further injuries reported.
The French steamer Perecle went on rocks north of Minorca in dense fog. Twenty two passengers and crew were saved with difficulty as the ship lay in a complete wreck.
Kansas City fire toll rises to twelve with four additional bodies found in the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce building. The identified victims include Mrs Mary Brigman and her two children aged 15 and 12 along with Robert Brigman the husband and father, a stone mason. Four persons remain missing as rescue work continues.
Mexican minister of finance Limantour has arrived in New York from abroad. Friends think Enrique Creel, with many Mexico interests, will prefer serving in President Diaz's cabinet as minister of Formento over ambassador to the United States.
University of New Mexico opens two new dormitories with authentic Pueblo styling Navajo blankets and Indian pottery decorate rooms committee names dormitories Kwa ta ka Man Eagle and Ho ko na Butterfly students and faculty tour the buildings in a celebratory program LACROSSE TEAM TO COMPETE WITH ENGLISH Harvard undergraduates prepare to travel to England next year amid invitations from Oxford and Cambridge, with fall competition uncertain
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