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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1908
Page
2
Havana reports say Cuba held its first election under American supervision with general calm. Voter turnout was low in Havana and interior, amid organized efforts to mobilize voters. Officials anticipate a close contest with conservatives favored in many precincts.
President Roosevelt revokes the dismissal order for eight West Point cadets cited for mild hazing. Secretary of War Wright meets with cadets in Washington and, with Roosevelt, decides punishment should follow academy disciplinary methods rather than dismissal. Cadet Russell leads the group in presenting their case.
In Santiago province the municipal election proceeded orderly with fair weather and a heavy vote. Five thekety candidates contested the race while initial returns favored Conservatives and Zagletas, with leading position indicated by provisional tallies.
Provisional Governor Magoon cables from Havana praising Cuba’s election as orderly and peaceful. He notes high turnout in Havana and expected larger provincial participation, with new officials including governors and municipal leaders elected under a new law.
President Roosevelt replies to Governor Magoon's cable from Oyster Bay Aug 1 congratulating Cuba on an orderly election and the Cuban people's capacity for self government He predicts next election will be equally orderly and fair and notes Cuba’s progress to independence.
Witipex Manitoba August 1 railway workers threaten a nationwide strike from Monday if Canadian Pacific officials do not accept a pre May 11 working schedule. Union machinists demand formal agreement plus industrial terms. company refusal escalates tensions.
Winipee Anglo Returnes received layoff from most machine unions on the Canadian Pacific line near Port William, showing 95 percent vote to strike rather than accept the conciliating board's recent grievance report.
George A Pettibone former Western Federation of Miners official died after an operation at St Josephs hospital in Denver. Doctors said cancer was incurable and his life could not be saved while he awaited trial for alleged complicity in the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg and his subsequent acquittal.
New Florence Missouri August 1 Governor Folk announced a personal investigation of lawlessness in St Louis County and said he would consider sending the state militia to preserve order and enforce liquor laws if asked by any county official or grand jury. Reports of alcohol liquor fate at resort near St Louis on Sunday prompted the plan.
A historical notice notes that many infant medicines contain opium or narcotics while claiming McGee's Baby fixir contains no narcotic drugs. It promotes a safe cure for disordered stomachs bowels and fretfulness and teething, advertised by J. H. O'Rielly Co.
The Colfax county Democratic convention at Springer nominates a full county and legislative ticket. Governor Curry pledges a fair election and will prosecute violations. Key nominees include Hixenbaugh for Sheriff Smith for Treasurer Baldwin for Assessor Wilson for Probate Judge Lockhart for Superintendent of Schools and Martinez Brackett Trassito for various county posts.
Santa Fe county convention selects ten delegates to the territorial convention and forms a county central committee under T. B. Catron. Delegates vote as a unit for a Republican candidate for delegate to Congress, endorsing William H. Andrews while hints of a split with Judge Mann emerge.
Paris reports rising fear among labor leaders after the Vigneaux clash and government plans to bar Sunday demonstrations. Authorities prepare for arrests as a second Federation of Labor strike nears, while some factions call for urgent revolutionary action amid tensions between capital and labor.
The union in Toulon Aus has voted to support the Paris laborites, suggesting growing labor troubles could spread to the province. The move indicates shifting political alignments and potential regional unrest ahead.
Washington reports the board of civil engineers for the army and navy recommends using hydraulics in the Mare Island straits to ensure adequate channel depth for the largest war vessels. The plan is described as feasible and maintainable for about $25,000 yearly.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts sends word delaying his planned Winnipeg stay and returning to England due to ill health. The message states the trip is canceled and cites pressing medical concerns as the reason.
Victoria B C Aug 1 charged with seeking to seal detailed plans of Sasebo defenses and fifteen other Japanese fortresses or a foreign embassy. Ishima a Makodate lawyer and Tokio military staff surveyor, was arrested July 7 by gendarmes in Tokyo per advices via steamship Danfa from Yokohama.
Martin Boyd of Henrietta reports twenty years of granulated sore eyes ended after using Chamberlain's Salve. He tried it in February after being asked by four gentlemen and used two thirds of a box with no further eye trouble. The Ohio Westminster Quartet delivers a top program in the city Tuesday night.
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