Attendance at the fair breaks previous records
Comparison day by day with the same days of former fairs shows more paid admissions than ever before. Big crowds assured for the three closing days of the week.
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
1
Strong racing program headlines today's fair schedule
Attendance at the fair rises each day with record crowds expected for the last three days. Today features the Glorieta stake race with seven entries worth 1008 dollars, three running races, a relay, bronco busting, roping, human toboggan, and a soldiers parade. Evening drills, a smoker in Convention hall, and a gallery admission fund aid the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Wingate
Government Agent Seized For Stealing In Bisbee Arizona
Bisbee Arizona October 7 C T Mc Glone former superintendent of Chiricahua forest reserve headquarters in Bisbee was arrested by a deputy U S marshal on three counts of embezzling 500 dollars and falsifying accounts. He was released on 2000 bonds and his hearing set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Bisbee
Ariz
Cc. T. McGlone
Chirichua Forest Reserve
United States
McGlone
Arizona
Canadian Pacific to Increase Capital
At the annual meeting shareholders voted to seek government sanction to raise 5,000,000 pounds of new capital for the company bringing ordinary stock up to 206,000 dollars. The issue would be kept largely in reserve for future developments including extension of the Atlantic and Pacific service. They also ratified buying a controlling interest in the Alberta Railway and Irrigating Company for 2,000,000 dollars, a property with 113 miles of railroad 422,000 acres of land and a key coal mine in the Canadian northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Oct
The
Canadian Pacific
Government In Council of Canada
Atlantic and Pacific
Alberta Railway and
Canadian Northwest
Albuquerque Banks Close at Noon During Exposition
All city banks in Albuquerque will close daily at 12 noon from now until the exposition ends. Citizens with business are urged to conduct activities in the morning until next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Pennsylvania Militia Captain Slain by Sister-in-Law in Delaware County
Philadelphia reports Captain J. Clayton Erb of the Third Regiment and regimental quarter master shot dead at his summer home in Delaware County. His sister-in-law Mrs. Catherine Beisel, a divorced former wife of a political figure, is in Media jail charged with murder. The case follows a history of domestic disputes and witness disputes surrounding Erb and his estranged wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Morning Journal
Philadelphia
J. Clayton Erb
Third Regiment
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Delaware County
Catherine Beisel
Erb
Israel W. Durham
W. H. Rothermel
Eugene Paulson
Captain Erb
Strike Riots Endanger Dozens In New York
In New York on October 7, revolver fire during taxi strike disturbances endangered about forty bystanders and likely fatally wounded a boy, 13, Robert Quaile, struck in the head near his West Fifty-seventh Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Quaile
West Fifty-seventh Street
Rival candidates meet at Chicago banquet
Rival presidential hopefuls William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft shared a public moment at the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet. Taft arrived after delivering a speech in the morning while Bryan had been in the city all day. The event drew intense interest and a full auditorium as the two leaders mingled and exchanged friendly remarks amid nonstop cheering and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
W. H. Taft
United States
Chicago Association of Commerce
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Taft
Galesburg
Snde
Judge Taft
Bryan
Hall
Mr. Taft
Carnival and Military Events at Exposition Grounds
At Exposition grounds the schedule shows a carnival attraction at 10 a.m. and a monkey drill at a military camp. Public invited to cattlemen's convention at 10 a.m. in Convention Hall. Flags, military parade, bronco busting and Indians roping horses listed through the afternoon with running races and purses totaling about 450 dollars. A smoker at Convention Hall pays 5 cents and honors enlisted men with an athletic program and band concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Bill
Cattlemen'’s
bomoe-Pacehall
Clifton Ve Albaquety
Convention Hall
Cave Alry
Infantry
Bell Attacks Cannon as Autocracy Threat in Democratic Address
Theodore Bell, temporary chairman of the Democratic National Convention, told an audience in Danville Iowa that Speaker Cannon represents a national autocracy. He condemned high tariffs and “stand pat” policy, calling it a system of private taxation that drains the people to benefit large industries and the wealthy. He warned Cannon’s retention endangers representative government and the welfare of 6 million working Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Danville
Theodore Atell
California
Armory
Tle
Indiana
Illinois
Bryan
Speaker Cannon
Bell
Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
Congress
Constable Indicted in Texas Robbery Case
Morning Journal reports in Paso Texas that Constable Manen Clements is indicted for robbery with firearms. He allegedly aided the theft of diamonds valued at 1500 from Sam Van Rooyen a Chicago traveler. Clements is a longtime city precinct officer with a violent reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Paso
Texas
Manen Clements
Clements
Sam van Rooyen
Chicago
Koortp
Two Men Die In Northern Montana Train Wreck
In Butte Montana early morning a Great Northern passenger train on Shelby Line crashed after hitting a frozen roadbed. Fireman William F Speck of White Sulphur Springs died and an engine wiper was buried. Engineer Charles McClintock was badly injured. Passengers were shaken but unhurt. Separately Butte Miners union endorses a $100,000 strike and benefit fund from the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte, Mont
Great Northern
Marina
Shelby
William F. Speck
White Sulpher Springs
Mont
Charles McClintock
Ramapeek
Lev
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