11 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1903
Page
1
Albuquerque gears up for the twenty third New Mexico fair as organizers tout the largest exhibit, wider entry fields, and extensive advertising. Cowboys and riders arrive with top horses, and major league pitchers join the baseball event along with a strong carnival program and regional fruit mineral displays.
The irrigation convention at the public library hall will draw about 300 delegates with leading figures in the field. Governor Otero opens the carnival and fair in the afternoon, while Colonel Sellers escorts a group of renegade Navajo Indians into town for a weekend of wild dances and pageantry.
The program lists events at Carnival Grounds including a base ball game at 2:30 PM, a football match at 5:00 PM, a car race at 1:50 PM, and a relay at 1:00 PM. Gates open at 7:00 PM with an address by Governor Otero at 7:30 PM.
The Paterson New Jersey area faced a grave flood danger as water rose at Garfield Avenue by fifty inches. Engineers estimated potential damage over £2,000,000 with gates and dam walls at risk of failure. Crowds guarded mill race gates while a dynamite signal warned of imminent danger. Bridges on four routes were already compromised and residents feared a repeat of the Johnstown disaster. Authorities evacuated, transferring prisoners, while workers ferried women across the damaged bridge. A three story Athena building downstream was washed away and eight people were moved to safety.
Norfolk reports a fierce gale driven coastwise wrecks along Cape Henry and Thomwerk Mills. Three masted schooner Nestle W Howlett and two coal barges Belle and Origin are lost with several feared dead. tug Kieh Reed towed in by a wrecked crew including Captain George H Adams. Coast guard and survivors arrive with updates on more ships tussling with heavy seas and shifting winds.
The United States Court of Appeals reversed a lower Missouri case involving the Chicago Board of Trade and Postal Telegraph, ruling that a perpetual injunction by the board against the Chicago Gearh and Trust and Kansas City parties was improper. The decision contends the brokerage actions and quote dissemination were not barred.
A dispatch from St Louis reports the steamer Dockery, which left Jefferson City earlier today, arriving tonight with her usual cargo. The vessel and crew are described as making timely progress on the river voyage.
The text alleges a private stenographer for W A Morrow has been indicted on charges of alleged fabrication. The witness claims years of confidential relations with Morrow and denies personal knowledge tying him to the accusations. The statement asserts strong faith in his innocence and criticizes calls for resignation.
The event, hosted by Washington society leaders in Birmingham, features prominent government officers as guests. A police pursuit unfolds as Deputy Sheriff and others search for a suspect near North Mininghws with a mixed crowd present.
The notice invites contestants to the eCowhoyes tournament baseball contest race meeting and other fair guests at the fair association with expenses covered. The hall opens at 10 with dancing to follow after a half hour. A football practice game between Minors and Indian school teams occurs this afternoon as Indians prepare for a Monday clash with the university for a $100 prize cap. City McGonigle brings horses for the Pecos valley tournament and predicts strong entries from Boswoeat and West Texas tomorrow. Additional rice harness horses arrive from the Missouri circuit for display.
An American named Roosevelt reaching Rome claims kinship to the U S president and reports a confidential mission to the Vatican as authorized by the president.
Governor Peabody in Denver announces a general court martial to investigate charges against National Guard officers over Cripple Creek campaign conduct. The court will probe alleged irregularities and convene at the capitol at 10 a.m. on October 19.
Huntington Va October 10 The main pine line of the Standard Oil company through Wayne county has been tapped near the hehe and several thousand gate 4 tons of crude oil taken. Two parties are under arrest for the crime and more arrests are expected.
Two men drowned when a 65 foot suspension bridge linking Port Jervis and Matamoras collapsed amid the Delaware flood. Three hundred houses flooded, a power company building damaged, and widespread transit disruptions followed as storms batter New Jersey and New York.
Thoreau station catches two tramps who seize mail sacks from the United States post at the station. Police hunt a second group spotted near Gongales, with mail loss believed small and under investigation for recovery.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions an announced proposed visit and a Vienna agency source but lacks clear names, dates, or events to specify a full news item. The readable elements suggest a tentative travel or visit plan without concrete details.
Six people were hurt when a Route First Street Oregon Short Line PRR train collided with a car at West Third and South Pivot streets. None were seriously injured though all were shaken and bruised. the car was demolished.
City council approves a permanent convention hall plan in El Paso to host the 1904 Irrigation Congress. Citizens had pressed for a $25 060 building, but aldermen favored a site costing about $100 000. The project aims to house major gatherings in the coming year.
The Kansas supreme court reversed a district court ruling in the Banta Pe Orient Injunction case, holding that one railroad company may condemn land for right of way even if another railroad already uses the land for railroad purposes. The decision affects property rights in Miporta and outlines condemnation authority when both rails are in active use.
Chicago reports an injunction by Judge Holdam restraining officers and members of a union from interfering with printing houses amid a strike. The order cites threats of violence against nonunion workers. Separately, yellow fever tolls rise with two deaths and twenty new cases nationwide and three deaths in Minerva and thirty-six more cases upriver.
Lexington South Carolina Oct 10 The last witness testified in the Tilman Gonzales murder case with counsel scheduled to argue Monday and Tuesday seven hours per side. Judge Gary to charge Wednesday morning before the jury decides. Tilman fired on Gonzales reportedly after reading threats while Gonzales claimed no danger.
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