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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
1
All efforts to release the troopship Prairie bearing seven hundred fighting men to Nicaragua prove futile as Marines remain prisoners on a muddy Delaware shore.
A Philippine Morning Journal report from Philadelphia notes the transport Prairie carrying about 700 marines is aground on mud flats in the Delaware river near Pea Patch Island. Six tugs failed to move her. high tide near 4 A.M. may refloat and allow the voyage to Panama or Nicaragua to continue. Commandant Harris stays in contact with Rear Admiral Kimball as efforts continue.
President Zelaya dispatched special agents to Washington to lobby against Knox’s ultimatum and influence Congress. The State Department watches the operatives as tensions rise over Nicaragua, with U S warships present offshore and Castrillo seeking equal terms with Zelaya envoys.
The navy department states the vessel has no large guns aboard and explains its mission is for surveying purposes only. Although the Nicaraguan coast is well surveyed, regular visits are valuable to navigators to locate obstructions or shifting sands.
The bodies of Leroy Cannon and Leonard Groce were burned in Nicaragua after execution by order of President Zelaya. Passengers arriving on the Dictator said incineration was used to prevent identification, and Zelaya later reported the killings to Washington.
The gun boat Princeton, ordered to Corinto, will reach San Francisco at 10 tomorrow. Orders to proceed to Mare Island are cancelled and it will not stop in the city. It will coal, take stores, provisions and ammunition at California City before sailing for Central America early Sunday. The ship was delayed over 24 hours after grounding off Willapa Harbor Monday night.
Bluefields Nicaragua December 3 insurgent chiefs deny President Zelaya's claim of government victory after Monday’s battle at Zahine and insist the Zelayan forces suffered a decisive defeat.
Elmer E. Woods was appointed receiver of the Bluefields Steamship Company by the federal court in New Orleans. The action follows reports that General Primero leads revolutionists in Nicaragua and revoked the company’s concession, with a new fruit-handling venture formed to service Atlantic ports of Nicaragua, likely to be raised with Washington authorities.
Mexican press denounces U S actions severing ties with Nicaragua. Editorials argue Secretary Knox's letter harmed sovereignty and marked a new epoch in Yankee imperialism, claiming the United States uses war power against weaker nations.
Passengers aboard the Peruvian steamer at Corinto report President Zelaya of Nicaragua delaying flight plans and awaiting orders. The ship’s crew keeps guard, coaling and provisioning amid rebel activity in Corinto as Jamaican recruitment and conscription efforts proceed. Miss Isabel Stephens of New York encounters soldiers and the American consul in transit.
Three major life insurers refuse to honor policies on Mrs. Snead and her missing husband Fletcher until the East Orange corpse is proven theirs. Authorities examine bundles of notes from Miss Virginia Wardlaw amid claims of forged duplicates and suspect motivations behind the alleged death.
Governor's annual report highlights pledges for immediate territorial admission. He urges new battleships and a repair ship, supports Guantanamo development, and calls for a larger Atlantic coast dock to service heavy ships. He notes aging senior officers and proposes a naval reserve and militia.
An employee of the Marietta Torpedo company blew to atoms when a skiff load of nitro glycerine exploded. The blast shook the entire town of Sistersville West Virginia on December 3. Police and fire crews investigated the incident and no further details were immediately available.
Hilleboro Texas December 3 1905 assistant superintendent T E K Durham was indicted by the county grand jury on a murder charge. The indictment alleges that while sergeant at the county convict farm in 1905 he whipped a convict so severely that death followed within hours.
Washington December 3 Secretary Mallinger designated 146640 acres in Wyoming as subject to disposition under the enlarged homestead law. The lands are not suitable for irrigation at reasonable cost given current water supplies. Including today’s addition, 86000 acres in Wyoming have been designated for homestead disposition. Mexico City December 3 jockey Fred Carter died at La Blanca near Guadalajara after years as a trainer for J B Keane. He was 64.
Washington dispatch notes George Curry, former New Mexico governor, urging Secretary Ballinger to back statehood for the territory. Curry reports population near half a million, mostly Anglo-Saxon descendants with Spanish American citizens, and calls for a northern judicial district. He says criminal laws are enforced, education has advanced, and overall territorial progress supports statehood efforts.
A large army air test near Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook endured hours of bursting shrapnel while observers watched the gas balloon remain undamaged. Earlier tests saw a balloon struck by cannon fire from Fort Hancock and collapse.
The British bark Matterhorn foundered November 27, seventy miles off Umatilla reef during a gale. The master mate steward and four sailors were drowned. Twenty seven crew saved. eight at Tatoosh Island lifeboat station and nineteen at the Umatilla high sea station. Captain, second mate and twenty five crew reached Cape Flannery and arrived at Umatilla reef in lifeboats.
London dispatch reports King Edward VII proroguing his second parliament in a move celebrated as a milestone. Writs will issue for new elections to the House of Commons with polling slated to begin January 1.
Through to January 24, the new parliament will assemble about the middle of February, signaling the start of a new legislative session after the election.
Deputy Sheriff Conway Crowley was shot and fatally wounded while attempting to quell a mob of striking foreign workers at Colonial Steel in Monson. The workers, after lowering the American flag, raised a black flag and challenged police to remove it amid rising tensions.
Mexico City reports the interior minister granted a concession to Mrs. Joaquin and Laureano Lopes Negrete to build a hippodrome race track in Mexico City. The project is estimated to cost over a million dollars and be located in the capital.
John R Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, was denied a rehearing of his appeal by Judges Grosscup Seaman and Baker. He now has no path to stay his five year Leavenworth sentence except a possible appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The case marks a long, strenuous fight for freedom amid intensive legal pressure.
Officers of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen say they will seek a 10 percent pay rise from thirty two railroads east of the Mississippi and will not strike in sympathy with western trainmen. They plan to present demands on the eleventh, wage conferences start the fifteenth, and aim to avert a general strike though the outcome remains uncertain.
British steamer Thistlemore, sailing in the English Channel, was struck by a severe gale. Thirty men perished as the vessel foundered with all on board Perich swept to doom. The tragedy highlights peril faced by maritime crews amid harsh winter seas.
A fierce British Isles gale sinks the steamer Thistlemere off Appledeere in Banstable bay with the loss of all thirty crew. Four bodies washed ashore as the vessel, commanded by Captain Yeo, was bound from Liverpool to an American port. Additional distress reports emerge from the Congress and the Vannin, raising fears of further disaster in the Irish Channel.
Warriner faces a web of extortion details dated from 1902 to 1906. Prosecutor Hunt holds notes and claims Warriner paid 25 000 upfront to end a long blackmail scheme and avoid further penalties. Ida Brockway, a stenographer, is due to testify before the grand jury as investigators pursue the case.
Jonathan F Dolliver, a member of the insurgents faction, attacked the insurgent position in a Presse club speech. He warned President Taft would be friendly to insurgents in the coming session and criticized calls for unanimous party action as a "skin game" on the people.
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