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Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
THREE ARE BURNED
BY EXPLODING lYE
lad F;rc at Clovis Early This Morn
ing Resulted In Damage To
Several Stores.

Clovis, y. M Aug. 2O.-Another
Mig fire in the business section If
Clovis early this morning totally de-
.stroyed the Blount and Jacks grocery
store and threatened the destruction
OF an entire block, but was finally
subudued before 1t had spread to ad-
joining buildings. The loss is $1,000,
partly coyered by insurance.
The Me was discovered at 2 o'clock
this morning. How 1t started re-
mains a mystery, but the flames rap
idly spread and IL took hard work on
the part OF the firemen and volunteers
To prevent the destruction of adjoin-
inE buildings. johnson and Jones,
who conduct bicycle repair shop in
the basement of the grocery, were
nearly suffocatcd before they could
be rescued.
While trying to remove merchan-
disc from the store Mr., Blount, J. J..
Davis and small boy were severely
sCalded by the explosion Of numerous
cans of concentrated lye. The faces,
arms and bodies OF all three We're
lady burned.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
LIKES CANADIAN CITIES.

New York, Aug. 20.-Jamcs shaw
Maxwell. senior magistrate of the city
of Glasgow, declares after a tour OF
Canada and America, that the Cana
dian cities are vastly superior in many
ways to the cities of the United states.
Mr.. Maxwell studied the public in
stitutions in Chicago. ST Louis. Bos-
ton, Toronto, Montreal and ottawa.
In an interview here he expressed his
surprise that the citizens of the larg-
er municipalities here are not more
interested i'm the problem Of municipal
ownership. Glasgow was the birth
place of the control by the govern
ment or public utilities.
From what ! have already OBJ
served" he said the Canadian cities
are far ahead of those in the United
states in many respects They ap-
pear to be better regulated ana are
kept cleaner"
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
vANOERB|LTS MAY
RETIRE FROM ROAD
Hartman said to BE in Position To
Take Over New York Central
Next Month.

New ork. Aug. 2O.-Wall street is
looking with eager interest for the
return of +. II. Hartman, and partic-
ularly anxious for confirmation of the
report that he is to acquire on Sept.
lst by purchase all the Vanderbilt
interests in the New York Central
system.
All the stockholdings of william X.
Vanderbilt and his immediate kin in
New York Central amount, 1t is be-
lieved, to less than $1S,000,O00.
When Commodore Vanderbilt died he
left 60 per cent. of the stock Of the
New York Central and the majority
of the New York and Harlan and
the Lake Shore to his family i'm the
hope and expectation that these rail-
roads would always remain under
Vanderbilt control,
AS the Vanderbilt money smoth-
cred Vanderbilt ambition, however,
and the demands of society and
pleasure called the Vanderbilt men
farther and farther from the paths
their virile old ancestor had set for
them to follow. Hartman was sharp
shooting around for New York CEN
tral stock. He got control OF enough
of il last year to warrant himself i'm
going into the directorate. and now
it would appear from all signs as
Wall street sees them that the Van
derbilts will get out Of railroading
entirely, ana that the vanderbilt
SYSTEM as applied to New York CEN
trail Lake shore and Michigan Cen
tral Will become but a memory.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20

Washington. -. c.. Aug. 20 -
Friends of Dr II. w. Wiley Will be
prepared for the effort which is to
ne made at the pure food convention
To get his scalp. The enemies of the
pure food law are engaged in a con-
unual campaign to get rid of the
author of that law.
Ever since the pure food law was
passed. the powerful interests which
profit by selling embalmed and adul-
terated foods have been trying to de-
feat the law by cripplng its admins
tration. As DR.. Wiley, i'm his position
as chief chemist, is chiefly RESPONSE
Bile for technical interpretations OF
the law, the opposition has been en-
gagged in trying first to surround
DIR. Wiley. and second to get his scalp.
.Ihe creation of the so-called Remsen
board was one step in the campaign
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
FINNEGAN is DEAD.

Finnegan is dead. After a struggle
of more than a week, he wagged his
tail yesterday morning for the last
time, and his spirit went to the place
where all good canine spirits go, for
Finnegan was a good dog. The end
came duri9g thaeforepoon and yester-
day afternoon the porter at Graham
Bros. saloon took the body TO a shady
place on the banks of the Rio Grande
and after gouging out hole in the
sand, laid 1t to rest with all the SOL
enIo'ty saloon porter could possess.
on so solemn an occasion.
\ week ago Finnegan was playing
on Central avenue with another of his
kind. A large red auto came along
and ran over him, breaking his spine.
He was carried into Frank Anderson's
restaurant, which he had adopted for
a home, and given all possible care
and choice bits of porterhouse steaks
but his injury was fatal.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20

to surround"
The rectifying interests are also
very antagonistic to DR. Wiley. They
feel that he is chiefly responsible for
the sections i'm the pure food law
which demand that imitation whis-
KY be so marked. They have fought
the law and its author and have been
strong enough so far to defy enforce
ment by the government. Although
there have been decisions by the legis-
lative. executive and judicial branches
of the government. upholding the in
tent of the law as to ipitation whis-
ky, the distilers are still marketing
their 6O,000,O0O gallons of colored
and Favored alcohol annually under
the name of pure whisky"
The tact that Dr Wiley IS stllI
lighting this practice makes him
enemies among the makers OF imita-
tion whisky.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
HARTMAN SICK BUT
NOT NEAR DEATH
Physicians say lie L. Feeling Better
Hut Is Too Nervous To stay
i'm Europe.

Paris, Aug. 20-Despite the many
rumOrs concerning the alarming phys
zeal condition of f. H. Hartman. il
is now stated by the highest authority
that his condition Is by no means crit
ical. The "cure' at Badgastcm is
most oneryating and patients are
usually sent to some quiet resort for
an after cure"
Hartman is SO restless that it was
impossible for him to settle down in
foreign resort for a complete re -
as an after cure" and his physicians.
thought il best to permit him 10 re-
turn home
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
MAIL CATCHING DEVICE
IS BADLY WANTED
Postoffice Department Could Use APP
pliancc That VIII Remove
All Danger.

Washington. Aug. 20.--For more
than 20 years the postoffice depart
ment has been endeavoring TO secure
a device which would reduce to a
minimum the injury to persons and
property incident 10 the exchange of
mails with moving trains. ADVERTISE
ments for bids for devices of that
character have been sent out from
ume to time, and great deal Of time
and money have been expended ina
examining and testing the devices sub
mitted under such advertisements. AS
the result OF the last effort of the
department In that line, catching
and delivering device submitted by r.
II. BuIr, Of Atlantic, Iowa, is being
tested on the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railway between Daven-
port and Council Bluffs This device
has been in operation on train west
bound at all OF the catcher stations
between Davenport and D,s MOines
for several months, and arrangements
have been made to place it on cars in
other trains both east and west bound
to give il more thorough trial.
So far it has worked satisfactorily.
but it can hardly be said that II has
been subjected To all of the conditions
tnat attend the catching and deliver
ing of mails from moving trains. and
therefore the depaTtmrnt is not yet
prepared To give it formal approval.
The question Of a safe delivery of
mails is one that interests railroad
companies fully as much as il does the
department ana it is believed that
railroad officials Will cooperate with
the department in this matter, No
matter how careful postal clerks may
be, il is Impossible to preve mt occa-
sional accidents, particularly in the
night or In stormy weather, when the
steam and smoke from the engine
blow past the door of the postal ear
and obscure the vision of the clerk
delivering the mail Mails are fire.
quently damaged and now and then
persons are struck with mail pouches
and injured.
II is desirable that instead of throw
ing the mail out by hand, II be- thrown
out by some mechanical device acting
automatically, SO that II will always
land the mail in the same place.
which can be kept clear Of obstrue-
tions and persons
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
PROHIDS TO MEET
FIVE CANDIDATES
The Also Rams VIII he Features of
Meeting To Celebrate Forticth
Anniversary of the Party.

Chicago, Aug. 2o.-.Pr2hibitionists
from all quarters of TIE country viii
celebrate in Chicago Sept. "a the for
tieth anniversary of the founding of
their party. Announcement was made
at national headquarters yesterday
that extensive preparations are being
made for the occasion and that fully
200 blue ribboRists from outside are
expected to attend and to march next
day in the temperance parade in
which 100000 persons are expected to
be in line.
on the program will be five men
who have run for president on the
prohibition ticket and three who have
run for vice president The five sur
viving presidential candidates who
will be present and the years in which
they ran for the White House are:
John =. st. John, Olathe, Kan.
1854; Joshua Levering, Baltimore,
1896; John q. WoOlley. Honolulu,
1900; Siles c. Swallow, Harrisburg,
Pa, 1904; Eugene w. Chain, Chica-
GO, 1908.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
DOCTOR MUST PAY
FOR IlIs MISTAKE

ST. Louis, Aug 20.-Surgcous who
overlook instruments and sew them
up in a patient are liable for dam
ages according t. decision just pre-
scented in the case Of Russell Johnson
of Lockridge, Ia, against Dr. Charles
f.. Ruth, formerly of Kcokuk
The decision was rendered by the
federal court of appeals. which sus-
tanned the decision of the United
States circuit court of tho southern
district of Iowa, and gave a judgment
for S20.OUO.
The petition states that Johnson
was operated ON at Keokuk. Ia. for
appendicitis March 30. 1907 The
wound failed 10 heal and caused
Johnson much pain. y second oper-
alton revealed that piece Of gauze
"A inches long and inches wide had
been left i'm the wound.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
SANTA EE ABOLISHES
PUBLIC DRINKING CUPS

Topeka, kan, Aug. 2O.-The San
"a Fe railway has solved the drinking
cup problem. Promptly at II o'clock
on the night Of August 81 the tra'a
officials will go through every car
on the Santa Fe and throw every pub
d, drinking cup out of the car win
Gcws. The only means left for Sc
curing drink Of water after that
time will be by using individual cups
which can be carried by the passen-
ser or secured from the newsOoys for
nominal sum. Both waXed paper
ord aluminium collapsible cups Will
be sold by the newsies, The other
loads will likely adopt similar steps
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
ROCKING CHAIR
RIVAL Of STEAMBOAT
Another BAD Horse Has Been Dis
covered in the Contests at
Frontier Day.

Cheyenne. Aug 2O.-Thc second
days trials for the brocho busting
championship OF the world at the
Frontier day celebrations saw three
riders unholsed. Carl Smith was
fairly thrown by Rocking Chair, who
bids fair to rival steamboat as the
Worst horse ever topped during a
championship contest.
Dick stanley. the present cham
pion, will meet the best of the many
entries in the finals saturday, Steam
boat is being held out for him. as he
is the only man who ever rode that
outlaw 10 a finish The best time so
FAR in the rnping contest has been
made by I'D Mccarthy, who tied in
a. 2-5 seconds.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
SAW THEIR HOMES
SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD
Thousands of People In Denver
Watched Water Sweep Down
the Platte River.

Denver, Aug. 20.-Thousands of
people, warned OF food coming
down from Lake George, watched the
Platte river overflow its banks last
night flooding scores of cottages in
West Denver. The inhabitants had
received ample warning by the
mounted police and little damage was
done.
For time II was thought the
great Cheeseman dam between Lake
George and Denver would go out. The
railroad situation south Of Denver is
rapidly improving. The Denver and
Rio Grande expects To clear its line
through the Royal Gorge by night
and the Colorado Midland has already
lifted the blockade.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
COUNTERFEIT GANG
CAUGHT BY POLICE
Louisville Officers Broke Up Syndi,
cate That Planned Big Busi-
ness In Bogus Money.

Louisville, Aug. 2O.-The police
now believe they have rounded up
every member of the gang of counter
feiters whose operations We're dis
closed yesterday when John and Mar
ion Roberts, Mamie Harp and VIII
Koonig were arrested and a chest
found containing a million dollars in
fraudulent Mexican notes
II has been shown that the plans
of the counterfeiters included the
taking" of railroad stock certificates,
such as the Louisville x Nashville,
issuing counterfeit money to pay for
them and conducting an imagina y
business with imitation ollateral.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
CORPORATION CONTROL
IMPORTANT TOPIC
OF MESSAGE
Taft C0nferS With His Attor-
ney General Over Reg
ulatlon OF the
Trusts.
PRESIDENTS WILL
EXCHANGE VISITS
Didz VIII Call on Taft at EI PdSo
and Taft VIII Visit D!az
When Latter Returns
10 His Own
County

Beverly, Mass, Aug. 20.-President
Taft today held long conference
with Attorney General Wickersham
and the two took up and discussed
The problem of more concentrated
control OF interstate corporations.
V hich with the changes proposed in
the antitrust law, in the Jurisdiction
of the interstate commerce commits
SION and authority of the bureau OF
corporations will form the bulk Of
the presidents first message to Con-
sress
The president today also gave an
audience to. Ambassador de la, Barra.
o Mexico, The subject of the Taft
Diaz meeting at I'll Paso was taken
up and it was practically decided that
President Diaz will first call on Pres
ident Taft in El Paso. after which
Taft will return the visit in Ciudad
Juarez.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
FURTHER ACTION
NOW EXPECTED
Idea Of Suicide Should Have Been
Excluded. Says Counsel for
Mrs. Sutton In q State
ment Issued To-
day.

Washington, Aug. 20.-Henry Il.
Davis, counsel flor Mrs. sutton dur
ing the court inquiry into the death
OF Lieut.. James y. sutton today is
sued a statement in which he sharply
criticized the findings OF the court of
inquiry. He declares that the iudga
advocate WAS derelict in his duties
III not confirming two legal PROPOSE
tons submitted by Mr.. Davis. Hau
he performed his duty, Davis said. it
would have been necessary to eN-
cludc the hypothesis OF suicide and
almost certain to exclude the idea of
"a self inflicted wound.
Attorney Davis has made 1t evident
that the case will not be dropped by
Mrs sutton and it is expected that
further action will bef asked.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
SON OF HARTMAN
CARRIES A CHAIN
lie Wanted To Learn the Railroad
business From the Ground Up
and His Father ave Him
the Chance,

Chicago, Aug 20.-Averili Harri-
man, son OF r. II. Hartman, is learn
ing tho railroad business from the
ground up. When asked how he de-
sired t. spend this summer, he chose
work rather than accompany his
father 10 Europe, and with a chum,
George Dixon. of New York. was given
a Job carrying chain with an ore
gon short Line surveying party In
Idaho at $65 a month, with instrue-
tions that he be treated as any other
employe,
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
STRIKERS ATTEMPT
TO BURN UP PLANT
Police Discover Blaze in Time To- Pre-.
vent Damage To Pressed steel
Car Company.

Pittsburg Aug 2O.-An attempt
was made today to fire the plant of
the Pressed steel Car company al
McKces Rocks but the police dlrcoy-
cred the blaze in time 70 frustratr
the attempt. Learning that tho strik-
ers threatened to dynamite the steam
er II. II. Pfeifel, used to carry strike
breakers to and from their work
across the river, the crew of the boat
quit, rather than take the risk of an
explosion.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
.CLASSMEh CHEtRtD
DISMISSED CADETS
Housing Farewell for the Men Who
We're Sent Home for IIaz-
ing Student.

West Point, y. T., Aug. 2O.-The
cadets expelled from West Point mill
itary academy for hazing Rolando
sutton, brother Of Lieut.. sutton,
were given a rousing send-off by their
fellow classmen when they left West
Point last night. Their comrades in
sisted that the dismissed men come to
the mess hall for their last dinner
and many accompanied them to the
train.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
PEACE IL DECLARED
AND BOSTON II SAFE

Hanover, Mass, Aug 2O.-Peace
was declared In the mimic war which
has been raging around Boston and
the tired militiamen are returning to
their homes. The result OF the des-
perate engagements will not be known
until the umpires get together and
decide whether Boston was captured
or not.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
OWNER OF A TOWN
DIES AT CHIC AGO

El Paso, Aug 2Q-Judge John NJ.
Dean, pioneer OF west Texas, former
district attorney in El Paso and own
er OF practically the whole town Of
Maria, Texas, died in the Congress
hotel at Chicago this morning
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
LIGHTNING WAS BUSY.

NTtNdnuFIa, la, Aug. .U.-A heal
wave accompanied by tempcratur s
from 80 To- no was broken today by
the worst electrical storm ever cX-
pcrienced in central Louisiana. Two
were killed, one paralyzrd and two
rendered unconscious by tho light
Ling,
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
MINNF,SOTA BANK RoBBED'

Hallock, Mimi Aug. 2O,-The state
bank Of Karlstad, MINI, was broken
into early today, The robbers took
$3.50 I'm cash and made their escape.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
WELLESLEY JUDGE \ SUICIDE.

Wellesley, Mass, Aug. 20.-Judge
C Everett Washburn, one OF the best
known residents of Wellesley HIS,
committed suicide this afternoon b.
shooting himself in the head
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20

This is the only photograph I'm eX-
istehce of Bow Kuen, or Purse Of
Gold" the poor little Chinese slave
girl who was murderer in her cell
like room in Mott street, New York.
Chin Len, a mission school product,
otherwise known as an AmercaniZcd
Chinaman, owned Purse of Gold, ="
and is under arrest. He claims that
a san Francisco Chinaman, who
owned her once, did the deed. The
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-08-20
WEATHER FORECAST.

Denver, Aug. 2O.--For Albuquerque
and vicinity: Local showers tonight
ard saturday.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-26

An exchange says: Business men of
Salt Lake City who have been watch
ing developments in the completion of
the Western Pacific railroad To see
whether there would be any competition
as the result, have given up all hope of
lower rates on acc Junt of the new road,
believing that the new freight tariffs
will be issued as duplicates to the pre-
sent transcontinental rates now in force
over the Hartman lines.
The action of the Chicago Milwau-
kee q Puget Sound railroad through
the northwest in issuing an independ-
emit tariff when that line was opened
was taken as an indication that the
Western Pacific would be independ-
ent of the Hartman continuation and
would be free to make it's own rates.
1t is said on good authority, however
that the Western Pacific will simply
Join the transcontinental freight bu-
reau and accept the rates already made
by j. G. Stubs, traffic director of the
Hartman lines, with divisions similar
to those on the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific. This will mean that
the California Utah, the California
Colorado and the Utah California rates
will be the same as are now in force.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-26
keenly Interested

r. just after the second battle of Bull
Run the Boston chamber of commerce
decided that President Lincoln was
not prosecuting the war with enough
celebrity to conserve the interests of
business, and 80 it appointed COM
mittee to go to Washington and re-
monstrate with him upon his dilatory
tactics. The committee was headed by
q Mr.. Pierce.
owe found" he said, ~ man who
looked as if he had lost all the friends
he ever had in the world, who invited
us to take seats and inquired our bust
ness. As l was the spokesman. open
ed onr case, and as I proceeded the
presidents face relaxed. By and by he
smiled and betrayed actual interest.
and by the time concluded he was al
most in broad grin, After / had fin
ished he inquired if that was all had
to say, and on my saying that I
thought it was he asked if some of the
other gentlemen wouldn'D like to say
something. They replied that they
thought had fully covered the ground.
And then, !" continued Mr.. Pierce what
do you supposethis solemn man did,
Well, he just moved his chair over to
mine. smoothed his trousers over his knee
then reached over and smoothed mine
down, too, and then, with queer look,
which none of us will ever forget, he
said, MIR Pierce, did you ever notice
what difference there is in legsT
What did we dot We grabbed our
hats and took the first rain for Boston,
and we never dared to reportw-La1ies'
Home Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-26
Sail.y-RsSiason

A very quiet but impressive wedding
ceremony was performed at the home
of Mrs. g. p. Robinson in Ruby valley
on Wednesday morning November oath
ut nine o'clock when her daughter Miss
Dorothy Elizabeth become the bride of
Mr.. Wilbur H. Smiley. The home was
tastily decorated with California crys-
anthemums and roses. The bridal
party consiste l of the groom who wore
conventional black; Mr.. Harry Robin
son, the brides brother, who supported
the groom: Miss 1rmie Robinson who
attended the bride; and the bride who
Wore becoming gown of white messe-
line and carried Il boquet of white roses
and maiden hair fern. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Geo. H. Green
field of the Elko Presbyterian church,
who used the impressive ring ceremony
of that church. After the ceremony
the guests we're invited to the dining
room where sumptu0us wedding re-
past was served after which the bride
and groom left for Deeth at which point
, they took number five for Santa Cruz
California for their honeymoon. Upon
their return to Elko County were they
both were born and raised they will
make their future home in Starr valley
where the groom has charge of his
fathers ranching business.
Those present we're Mrs. G.. P, Robin
son, MIR. Harry Robinson, Miss Irime
Robinson, Mr.. Frank Smiley and wife
and, Mrs. Enroll Taber. The high
esteem in which the happy couple are
held is manifest by the large number of
beautiful and useful gifts they received.