11 Mar 1909
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
1
The article reports Standard Oil and the Rockefeller corporation seeking acquittal in a rebate charge tied to a celebrated twenty nine million dollar fine case as a complete vindication.
Governor Curry sends two messages to the Legislature urging creation of a conservation commission and a joint U.S. committee visit to New Mexico to thoroughly examine political administrative and industrial conditions affecting the territorys fitness for statehood. He asks the assembly to pass a joint resolution inviting a Senate and House committee to inspect conditions and conduct public business in the territory.
Morning Journal Special Leased Wire reports Judge Anderson instructed the jury to find the Standard Oil Company of Indiana not guilty after appeals court reversals. The government failed to prove a fixed 18 cent rate on freight from Whiting Indiana to East St Louis, ending the prosecution.
The message from Governor George Curry to the Legislative Council asks швидly for creation of a permanent conservation commission. He notes many states have such bodies and cites a temporary commissioned group of Soloman Luna A A Jones and H W Kelly aiding forestry and natural resource work. Appointments to territorial offices are delayed due to Curry's illness. he works from St Vincent's sanitarium awaiting better weather.
Commissioner Leupp began his yearly tour to arrange supplies for Indian schools and reservations, leaving Washington on March 16 to oversee contracts and provisions for the program.
Washington reports the government expenditure for the last illness and burial of President McKinley under a 1902 appropriation of 45000 dollars. Physicians listed include M. D. Mann 19000, Mynto 6600, McBurney 5600, Roswell Parks 5000, O. Brokton 1500, G. Janeway 1500, H. G Matzinder 760, W. W. Johnson 560, W. Dee 560, H. R. Gaylord 560, N. W. Nelson 250, G. McHall 200, B K C Mann 200.
Three funeral firms split 4491.80 dollars. Two nurses received 500 dollars each, a third earned 400 dollars, and another was paid 200 dollars.
In New York on March 10 former President Roosevelt enjoyed his first post presidency outing. He traveled incognito with Miss Cornelia Langdon and boarded a crowded surface car during the morning rush hour. The group visited Douglas Robinson on Madison Avenue as strangers failed to recognize the former leader.
Salt Lake City reports a stringent liquor bill cleared the senate unanimously. It allows local option in counties and a separate vote on abolition in cities above 12 000. If prohibition fails, saloons close 7 pm to 7 am, bars become street visible, and licenses for breweries and distillers rise.
The Western Union Telegraph company in New York on March 10 announced a quarterly dividend of 4 of one cent, unchanged from the previous quarter.
George and Jerry Peterson were trapped in a waterlogged tunnel on the St Patrick property near Murray for fifty hours. Rescuers battled shifting shale as supporters kept hope alive with ventilation tubes and constant digging. They finally emerged at 4 o clock tonight, exhausted but alive, to a relieved crowd of families and neighbors.
The New Mexico legislature approves a bill transferring Sierra county’s seat from Hillsboro to Cutter near the Santa Fe railroad, with new county buildings to be provided and occupancy after completion. The measure follows years of talk and ties Cutter’s mining-area growth to the shift.
The Santa Fe council adopted a substitute bill to reform the proposed jury law. It creates three county commissioners for jury selection and sets quotas by county class, allowing extra jurors if needed, while keeping current grand and petit juries. The bill passed unanimously along with other council measures on process publication and legal notices.
Santa Fe March 10 The general appropriation bill was introduced in the New Mexico House by Mr Tipton. The measure totals about five hundred thirty thousand dollars, up from four hundred seventy five thousand last two fiscal years. Most increases go to educational institutions and the asylum and penitentiary, with rates kept under thirteen mills.
Governor Curry today named Charles A Scheurich as the third Curry County commissioner and Lewis A Hitchcock as county surveyor. This completes the official county register with only the county school superintendent position remaining to be filled.
Governor Curry received a letter from Mr BE McQueen Gray saying Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain would not reach Santa Fe until late in the spring. Arrangements have been made to extend reception to the ambassador during his visit to Santa Fe.
Miss Jennie Crocker of San Francisco tells Omaha police the pearl necklace found last week and sent to Otto Heinze of New York may be her lost piece. Crocker had reported a February 23 loss of fifty three flawless pearls of great value. Meanwhile in Constantinople Generet Saifullah Pasha, a Turkish chief of staff in the Turko Greek war, killed himself with a revolver. motive unknown.
In San Francisco Judge Lawler's court no progress was made toward filling six vacancies in yesterday's jury box. Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railroads, faces bribery charges related to the overhead trolley tram. The jury was excused for cause as the nineteenth juror was being questioned when court adjourned.
Fort Worth Texas March 10 Hogan previously with the First National Bank admitted abstracting money and jewels totaling $20,000 and received a five year prison sentence.
Dallas reports from Texas fruit section show last night’s frost nearly destroyed the year’s fruit and vegetables. Advices highlight extensive damage across a large portion of Texas fruit sections.
A fierce wind sandstorm and blizzard from Tuesday night through Wednesday battered Albuquerque and central New Mexico. One man frozen to death at Isleta and five hundred sheep herds scattered or lost. extensive property damage anticipated as the storm moves on. Temperatures plummeted to near ten degrees above zero with heavy snow in the mountains and high winds causing exposure and fatalities across the region. Search efforts are underway for missing herders and livestock losses are expected to be heavy.
Heavy damage from a windstorm in Albuquerque causes extensive destruction across the city. The Dr. Shortle sanitarium roof, Swift & Co warehouse, Vendome hotel front, Highlands structures, a federal building shelter, and a new frame house at 1600 North Fourth Street suffer partial or total damage. Estimated losses run to thousands of dollars.
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