News of the Week Condensed from The Chieftain
Foreign items note medals for war participants and praise for those who defended Port Arthur. France and Venezuela tensions persist while Japan expands naval forces. A divorce filing involves Countess Castellaine formerly Anna Gould. In the Indies earthquakes disrupt cables. National items cover Hoch’s upcoming execution, New York Life reforms, Harvard football ban talk, and Smoot protests. Congress may curb hazing and rail passes as coal miners plan a historic strike. Additional items touch land weather is cold, Isthmian Canal Commission reports, and local territorial notes from New Mexico.
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Johann Hoch
Chicago
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Harvard
Senate Committee On
Smoot
Utah
LaFollette
Pat Crowe
EB. A. Cudahy
BE. A. Cudahy, Jr
Omaha
Congress
Naval Academy
Secretary
Navy
Department
United Mine Workers of America
House of Representatives
Hepburn
Picture of Roosevelt Judge Freeman Praises Admired Man
Judge Freeman delivers a vivid description praising a man he greatly admires, drawing on personal anecdotes and esteem. The feature highlights Roosevelt era rhetoric and the judge’s public admiration for a prominent figure.
Freeman’s Pen Portrait of Roosevelt Draws Mixed Image
Judge A A Freeman, noted New Mexico scholar, offers a graphic, mixed view of President Roosevelt. He calls him a “diamond in the rough,” a vigorous athlete, a busy, impatient man with brusque manners, yet morally exemplary and deeply devoted to church and family. The piece also covers local Socorro notes on W E Martin, Magdalena mining, Kirchner’s Bohemian colony, irrigation plans, telephone expansion, and Hepburn rate bill summaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Freeman
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Carlsbad
Judge Freeman
Theodore Roosevelt
Fitzsimmons
Pennsylvania Avenue
Max Kirchman
Kirchman
Greenwald
Socorro
P. J. Savage
M. Cooney
W. G. Hammel
Robert T. Collins
T. J. Matthews
Kelly
Magdalena
San Antonio
Carthage
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Denver
C.T. Brown
W. H. Byerts
Rge Brothers
Abeyta
Terry
Brom
Hepburn Railroad
House
Hepburn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Territorial Supreme Court reshaped with seven districts bill
The article outlines a congressional bill proposing to reorganize the New Mexico Territory judiciary into seven judicial districts. It creates a chief justice plus six associates, with five members constituting a quorum, and sets terms, assignments, and residency rules for judges. It also notes security of current judges and assigns district seats, plus a letter praising Captain Fullerton’s Mounted Police operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Andrews
New Mexico
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Supreme Court of
Territory of
Supre
Supreme Court
John F. Fullerton
Territorial Mounted Police
Sunnyside
N. M
M. Mounted Police
Salado Pastura
Tam
A. B. Hanns
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Ol Fice Chieftain
Indies
National
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Governor Cummins
Iowa
America
Isthmian Canal Commission
Taft
Board of Engineers
Ren
Washington
Solomon Luna
Territorial
J. W. Raynolds
Territories
John Conley
James Redding
Questa
Taos County
Taos
Hagerman
Conley
W. S. Hopewell
Santa Fe Central Railway
Albuquerque Eastern Railroad
Santa Fe Central
Roswell
Non
W. H. Pope
Socorro County
Territorial Treasury
W.G. Tight
University At
Chemical Laboratory
Hall
F. J. Curang & Co
Toledo
Ohio
B. A. Pino
Juan Maria Valenzuela
Clotilde Galban
Avelino Lopes
Pilar Giron
Palvadera
Camilo Jaramillo
Refugio Gonzales
Alfredo Gabaldon
Rebeca Romero
Ba Mesa
Socorro Prosperous
W.E. Martin
Tella
Santa | Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe New Mexican
W. E. Martin
Third Judicial District Court
Council
Legislative Assembly
Martin
Ats
Frank Owen
Socorro Improvement Association
Mars
L. E. Kittrell
L. Rosenbach
Stern, Schloss & Co
Seventh
Chas, R. Keyes
The
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