23 Oct 1909
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1909
Page
1
The court grants separation to the defendant after Parker, the judge, accepts proof of abandonment and the withdrawal of the complaint.
NY mayoralty candidates rally nine days before the election. Hearst attacks Gaynor over Tammany Hall while Barnard claims graft and cites price comparisons on office supplies. Taft tours waterways policy from Brooklyn to Texas stops, pledging railroad safeguards and a nine foot interocean canal.
In Las Cruces on October 22 the divorce between Jas G Darden of Albuquerque and Fannie Van Riper Darden of New York was finalized. The court granted Mrs Darden an absolute divorce and awarded her the bulk of the disputed property including mortgages on Childers and Weinman, 60 Bank of Commerce shares, Albuquerque lands, and the Keswick Virginia Ingleside farm. Mrs Darden resumes her former name Van Riper and the settlement was reached after an all day conference with lawyers behind closed doors to avoid publicity.
Attorney Madison withholds comment after interview by Morning Journal on a civil case. A Las Cruces dispatch states disagreement over property division. Mrs Madison and Mrs Darden connected to a $41,600 loan dispute, with Darden denying it as a gift and asserting Albuquerque holdings may be awarded to his former wife.
The Universalist Church biennial general convention opened tonight in Detroit. Rev. John Clarence Lee of Philadelphia led the opening service and urged emphasis on Christ's golden rule of mutual kindness to all followers.
In St Louis on October 22 a planned banquet honoring eight Latin American diplomatic representatives in Washington was canceled as most governments ordered ministers to stay in Washington amid the Nicaragua revolutionary movement. Ministers were to join President Tutt on a Mississippi River trip next week.
President Taft urged a definite general plan to improve streams and harbors, proposing deep inland waterways to curb railroad rates and extend commerce. He backed amending the Interstate Commerce Act but rejected radical changes, stressing a square deal for railroads while promoting practical, progressive reform.
A San Diego County desert trail ends with a family, presumed dead from thirst, found within reach of the irrigation canal. Fire scorched sands and a wagon ordeal followed by three horses failing near China Creek. Kellogg and companions lost identity rumors persist about the coastal origin and Imperial Valley journey.
Hertha Dougherty of Chicago says a report of a man, a woman and three children sighted in the California desert matches her brother Jay Dougherty and his family of Bantee California. She recalls Jay writing a month ago of leaving a San Diego area ranch by caravan for the Yuma reservation to seek government leads.
W S Ashby plunges knife into heart during quarrel over crop division at Alma. The dispute with tenant leads to fatal stabbing. authorities investigate the domestic incident.
In Alma New Mexico Det Lige Sipe fifty year old prominent Socorro County citizen was murdered by tenant WS Ashby. Ashby fled as a posse of twenty five led by deputy sheriff Iowa is is pursuing him. Sipe leaves widow and two daughters. The community reels with indignation.
The Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction elects four active members to fill vacancies from deaths. William Hayes Laird of Winona Minnesota and Benjamin from Nashville Tennessee receive the Grand Cross insignia for service to Masonry. The session also notes Italian Ma sons members’ views on non sectarian schools and political interference.
The supreme council for the southern jurisdiction reaffirmed Masonic non interference with religion or politics as it welcomed new members and conferred the 38th degree on A. C. Stewart and others. Four new active members were elected to the council and will be crowned tomorrow in the Temple. In a separate session, the Royal Order of Scotland degree was communicated to eight high degree Masons including J W Howorth and H L Pittock.
Washington reports debate over night vocational schools for poor children to be funded by public money. The American Federation of Labor committee on industrial education pushes for night schooling as a supplement to day classes, with final recommendations to come at the Toronto convention.
Incomplete reports indicate twelve people drowned during the Trecett floods in northern Luzon. Property destruction was heavy and Dagulan remained flooded with streets covered by about five feet of water as of yesterday.
Virginia McSherry of West Virginia was elected president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy today in Houston Texas. Mrs. Bryan of Texas was chosen as second vice president.
In New York on the steamship Twentieth Century, T. D. O’Connell extolled Ireland’s chance for home rule and urged Irish-Americans to back the imminent general election. He cited King George and the Lords as the obstacle and warned of a possible vote of confidence if the budget is rejected.
The Blade reports a near completion merger of the Independent Telephone interests with the Bell system in the Midwest. The involved groups include United States Telephone, Cuyahoga Telephone of Cleveland, Home Telephone of Toledo, Indianapolis Telephone, and New Long Distance Telephone of Indianapolis, with voting controlled by James Batley of Toledo. No confirmation or denial obtained.
New York Morning Journal reports state senator and Brooklyn Democratic leader Patrick H Motlarren died at Mt Catherine's Hospital Brooklyn at 1 15 am after an appendicitis operation. He had anticipated his death and told doctors there was no need for further consultation.
A Battle Creek healer, in town five weeks, asserts he is the original Francis Schlatter who was said to die in Hastings Nebraska on October 21. He cites documentary evidence, recounts landing in 1892, the Denver crusade of 1885, and a New Mexico desert journey. He lives with his wife, formerly Mrs Comer of Alabama, while offering healing services.
Arthur Hinton says Francia Schlatter the healer is dead with remains found on a Chihuahua range. A Mormon cowboy reported a corpse, a Bible bearing the name, and local authorities buried the body at public expense with no claimants or known relatives.
Paris reports Count Boni de Castellane demanding his former wife Miss Anna Gould place the Castellane Gould sons in a boarding arrangement and seeking penalties for noncompliance. The Princess de Sagan argues the children’s health prevents such a move. The court will decide on September 20.
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