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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1906
Page
1
Governor Hagerman considers immediate redistricting to fix over and under representation across the territory. Southern and eastern counties would gain council seats, while overrepresented Santa Fe and Bernalillo would see reduced shares under a population based plan.
The article outlines potential population based changes to legislative representation across Grant Luna Dona Ana Otero Chaves Lincoln Roosevelt Socorro Sierra San Miguel Valencia and notes Governor Hagerman's possible adoption of redistricting. It mentions opposition views and concerns over fair representation amid a broader political backdrop.
Washington August 31 shippers gain hope from a new railroad freight rate law as petitions flood the Interstate Commerce Commission. Cases include Texas cattle interests challenging a 6 cent per car charge by the Terminal Railroad at Chicago and urging through rates for livestock from Texas to markets, while Texas and Pacific rate changes prompt calls for joint through rates and removal of shipper burdens.
Arthur F. Davie assistant chief engineer of the reclamation service returned from a long western trip. He attended engineering board meetings on the central lower Colorado River and Laguna Dam with White & Co New York contractors. Davie notes the year’s unusually wet conditions and hopes Mexico efforts will restore the river to its former channel.
Insurrection spreads across the island as Palma government shows powerlessness before the rising tide of revolution. The article portrays a tense national crisis with the insurgents gaining momentum and international concern mounting.
Uprising spreads in Santiago province as insurgents seize trains and attack foreigners. Reports say 2,000 armed rebels near Cienfuegos, with troops and local forces struggling to restore order while mountain trails aid guerrilla action.
Captain Warren Barlow, United States Army retired, arrives from Port Bayard New Mexico to assume duties as military instructor at the New Mexico Military Institute as the school year opens. Captain A De Beaumont, already employed by the board, is noted in the report.
A respected instructor from the University of Virginia has joined as a lecturer in civil engineering and physics. He previously served as a United States Army lieutenant in the Philippines and conducted two years of specialized work in Japan. Judge and Mrs. William H. Pope plan a swift return from their Pacific coast trip. Joffa Praeger and Co have shipped ten carloads of sheep to Mr. Cottingham at McPherson. The bodies of Victor and Tony Simpson, killed by lightning, were brought to Roswell, embalmed, and will be sent to Weatherford, Ohio for burial. A Helsingin dispatch reports nineteen mutiny participants shot at Sevaborg, three inciters hanged, and others sentenced to long terms in Finland.
The Duke of Oporto brother of the King of Portugal sustained a broken arm in a motor accident last night while traveling from Cintra to Cascaes.
Berlin reports Kopf of Ko nnigstuh discovered a new comet using a photograph taken on August 2. The sighting was confirmed on August 3 by the Berlin astronomical bulletin.
A United States cruiser with Secretary of State aboard was damaged in an incident near Leta, Santiago, Chile. The vessel faced a heavy clash affecting the party on board.
In Minneapolis Minnesota on August 31 attendees celebrated the close of the twenty ninth annual meeting of the American Bar Association held in St Paul over the past three days A big symphony orchestra and a double quartet of young lawyers plus a comic ape entertained as dignified lawyers loosened up Governor Johnson spoke on The State of Minnesota Judge Parker the new association president addressed The Judiciary and many other toasts followed during the banquet
Honolulu reports the army transport Sheridan ran ashore at Barbera Point at the island's southwest tip near Honolulu. No injuries are mentioned and the cause or salvage status is not provided in the excerpt.
Two trains carrying 8600 bike breakers arrived in Ogden Utah and faced crowds of unionists. The Philadelphia group held in. Green River raid on a depot hotel led to restraint. The other train mixed with locals and demanded better meals. Authorities promised three meals a day and provisions were watched for fulfillment.
Sixteen royal two year olds race tonight at Saratoga in the Futurity stakes. The event venue shifts from Sheepshead Bay and is projected to value around sixty thousand dollars. James R. Keene enters three horses Peter Pan Pope Joan and Zambesi in a favored lineup.
Real Estate Trust Company overseer George W. Earle Jr says Allied Banks may be asked to rescue the wrecked concern with seven million dollars. he questions why treasurer William F. North and auditor Horace Hill did not inform directors of entanglements before loans to Segal. Earle notes Hill approved large loan totals after auditing offered securities, while no director was informed of the loans.
Philadelphia reports reveal no directors meeting for nearly three years at the failed Heal Estate Trust company. Clearing house members say bankers refused to bailout with 7 million saying directors offered no verifiable plan, exposing a chaotic, nearly shuttered institution.
Paris reports a sensational claim that John D Rockefeller plans a vast canal project for Russia and would convert the Bank of Russia into a private stock company. The Temps cites a denial from the Russian finance ministry but notes a lingering belief that the transformation was not definitively abandoned.
Reports claim Rockefeller proposed a $500 million gold backed Baltic-Black Sea canal as the Flourens project. Count Witte backed transformation of the bank into a corporation while Kaiser William approved. Tests in Spezia examined Bethlehem Steel armor plate amid a move to break Italian steel monopoly.
President Calhoun of United Railways and city officials discussed arbitration of disputed carman demands while strikers would return to work first. Union leaders called a mass meeting to vote on the offer as Schmitz hopes for an end to the strike soon.
Chatham England Aug 81 Trials of the new first class battleship Afriga 16350 tons postponed due to minor defects. This continues a run of misadventures among British ships as the Admiralty faces repairs and withdrawals of seven battleships including Montagu Duncan Hindostan Dominion Ramillies Prince of Wales and Renown. An armored cruiser Cloud Hope also struck a reef during maneuvers.
William J. Bryan toured Connecticut delivering four long speeches and attending two receptions in New Haven and Bridgeport. He spoke to New England Democrats at a luncheon and urged party unity while noting historical limits on democracy in New England.
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