07 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1910
Page
1
Representatives of New Mexico business interests attend MASO meeting at the Commercial Club to tackle a local problem. The session opens at ten o'clock with talks planned among regional leaders and business groups.
A mass meeting of business representatives from New Mexico opens at the Commercial Club under President B L Schwentker. The aim is to discuss tax reforms to lower rates and improve the tax system with input from the Equalization Board and Auditor, with wide participation urged from chambers of commerce across the state.
Two men are held in Los Angeles as investigators probe a disaster linked to a alleged dynamite plot. Reports describe arrests and ongoing inquiries into who caused the blast, with authorities pursuing further suspects and possible connections to the crime.
A massive explosion leaves seven bodies recovered with more expected. Officials fear the death toll will rise as debris is cleared and victims identified. Ten thousand dollars has been raised for the victims’ families as Associated Press directors send condolences to General Harrion Gray of the Los Angeles Times.
The Central Labor Union of Seattle adopts a resolution demanding a complete investigation into the loss of life and destruction of the Times building. It seeks to identify those responsible and safeguard workers, opposing actions by merchants and manufacturers unions.
Precedent ruled the Massachusetts Republican convention in session at Boston with Governor Draper renominated for a third term. Delegates adopted a platform endorsing a permanent tariff board and Taft administration, with calls for consolidated natural resources policy and lower tariff barriers.
A Grant County resident, James Fullerton, a prominent goat raiser, died in a cabin fire days ago after an explosion. His remains were taken to Sagauche Cole where survivors await further details.
An official bulletin details a chase by a sheriff’s posse across Montana with horses stolen by an alleged gang. Several suspects escaped. one member reportedly killed, and authorities report multiple related incidents and ongoing manhunt.
A contract has been formed between the state of Durango and G. Palmer to build a railroad from a fort to Durango via Phiranseo. The agreement covers the railway through mining districts in Bombycreoteated Chalohthetes, with Yaz or Ys noted in the text.
President Taft expresses sorrow over Justice William Moody's retirement from the supreme court in a resignation letter mailed yesterday. He commends Moody's service and notes the loss to the court, while acknowledging Moody's disappointment at ending his bench career. The letter sets Moody's effective date as November 20 and references Senate consent.
Senator Robert J. Taylor, a three term governor and longtime U.S. senator, was nominated for governor by the Democratic convention to succeed M. K. Patterson who withdrew to preserve party harmony. Republican nominee is Captain W. Hooper with independent Democrats backing Cooper.
The New Mexico Board of Pharmacy met at the government building at ten yesterday morning led by President Murphy of Las Vegas with members present. They authorized routine business and discussed forming a national affiliate of American Pharmaceutical trade in New Mexico. The session scheduled a meeting for 14 o'clock and attracted about thirty to forty Albuquerque druggists to join as charter members. Denver reports mention potential strike action by union drivers over contract terms as papers reportedly failed to agree.
Browne minority leader in Illinois Legislature testifies for first time to a Senate committee denying bribery allegations. He insists he did nothing improper and frames his account as truth under oath amid a growing ethics probe.
Democratic minority leader Osth O Neill Browne testified in the Lorimer senatorial election case, recounting meetings with White and others and noting a purported group of thirty Browne Democrats ready to back Lorimer. He faced two bribery trials without testifying in his own defense and awaits another indictment proceeding.
A cluttered schedule outlines events including a tennis exhibition, ball games, a concerto, a rope walking act, diving dog routines, a dog show, and various special acts around the track and plaza. Notable items include a horse exhibition, a central avenue parade, and a Montezuma ball with dramatic showmanship.
The Morning Journal reports twelve bodies recovered from the river after the barge incident that sank the battleship New Hampshire last Saturday night. Eleven victims identified include P. P. White, Robert Karl T J Armlin, P. F. Bakeman, Moses Johnson, R. Be Werner, Guido Amazope, W. A. Richardson, Norman T. Seals Town, F. Mare t, Norman Hoy. One unidentified body found five miles from the drowning site bore the name I N Dube on clothing, though no sister of that name is reported missing from any fleet ship.
The testimony recounts Browne denying sending Representative Wilson to St Louis in July while admitting travel to the city in June 1909 with witnesses who place $1000 packages of money with Brown. He claims meetings with multiple representatives in the Southern hotel and discusses patronage and political maneuvering around Governor Deteen. He also references threats, prior acquaintances, and aid to White in drafting bills, with broader implications for Lorimer era politics.
Strong opposition to adjourning the constitutional convention for the weekend surfaces as delegates clash over extending sessions. The body convened this morning with minutes approved and a name substitution in the roster following routine motions.
Delegates on the ways and means committee spar over admitting a fifteen member railway workers delegation to the floor. The motion, tied to employer liability law and initiative provisions, is sent to rules for handling amid crowded halls and potential outside access concerns.
Katherine Primrowe, 24, was found dead in her room at a boarding house in New York. Howard Starr, an actor who discovered the body, is being held for investigation though officials suspect suicide.
In New York at Twenty-alphthestreest and Broadway a violent gang clash left two men dead and 46 others wounded. Fifteen men were arrested and several attackers fled after a prolonged exchange of gunfire at a table party. Police found one victim shot on the sidewalk and another on the floor. motive remains unclear.
Manuel Dowager Queen and the Duke of Oporto travel from Lisbon to Gibraltar aboard the yacht Amelie amid royal aid from Britain. The voyage underscores British involvement in Portuguese affairs with the Amelie reported in safe passage.
Dispatches indicate King Manuel and royal family avoided Lisbon danger and found refuge in Gibraltar under British protection. Reports describe severe street fighting in Lisbon and cautious moves by the provisional government amid republican uprising and provincial disturbances.
Lisbon shudders as a republican government forms under Thneophile Braga provisional president while monarchist forces loyal to the crown fortify entrenched camps around the capital. Navy and army units clash, cannons blaze, and key royal sites flee as insurgents bombard and siege Lisbon, threatening a sweeping political upheaval across Portugal.
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