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real ALBUaUERaUE EVENING. CITIZEN VOLUME 1!) STOCKHOLDERS OF SANTA FE Hold Annual Meeting and They Elect Three Directors. ANNUAL REPORT GRATIFYING President Ripley Says Belen Cutoff Finished by Last of Year. AN ARIZONA CUTOFF PROPOSED TopeKa, Kan., Oct. 26 The an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Santa Fe railway is being held here today. The purpose of the meet ing Is to elect three directors, the terms of three ending today. The annual report of the company was formally received. It shows re markable prosperity. The Phoenix & Eastern railroad hag been completed to Dudleyvllle. The Oakdale West ern line -was built from River Bank, Cal., to Oakdale. the terminus of the Sierra line. The Arizona & Utah, line, extending from Coconino, Ariz., northward twenty-two miles, to Chlor ide, was repaired. President Ripley says, of the work upon the Belen cut-off: "Work on this Unn is progressing at three points and it is expected that the entire line from Texico. N. M.. to Belen, N. M., will be completed before the close of the present fiscal year. It will avoid two mountain ranges -between Trinidad and Albuquerque, ana will be less exxse,d to interruption from freshets. "The Arizona & California railway is proejeted from Wlckenburg, Ariz., west and across the Colorado river, to Bengal. This line offers a cut-off from the Salt river county to all points in California. The work Is pro gressing rapidly.' Henry H. Rogers, Benjamin P. Cheney and George O. Haven, di rectors whose terms expired today, were re-elected without contest. CANADA'S DATE FOR I THANKSGIVING CHANGED. Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 26. In accord ance with the proclamation Issued by the government. Thanksgiving' Day Is eoneially observed thrtmghout Can ada today. As a rule, the change of the day from the middle of Novem ber to the middle of October, has given satisfaction, as the weather Is milder and more pleasant for outdoor enjoyment. Not so well satisfied are the Canadians with the choice of Thursday as Thanksgiving day. It Is argued that, inasmuch, as the se lection of the day Is entirely arbi trary, It would have been much bet ter and more convenient, had a Mon day been selected for the purpose. That would have made It possible to hold family reunions, extending over two, or even three days. Y. W. C. A. Also Meet. Schanton, Pa., Oct. 26. Delegates representing all branches of the Y. W. C. A. in this state, are In attendance at the annual meeting which opened this morning at the Elm Park church. The first general meeting will be held this evening and the convention will remain In session until Sunday morn ing. The week end has 'been selected for the convention to accommodate the numerous student delegations which wished to attend. Special ses sions and general meetings will be held every day, and many prominent Y. W. C. A. workers from Pennsyl vania and other states, will address the meetings. The local members are the hosts of the occasion and have made elatorate preparations for the entertainment of the visitors. CONFERENCE ON INTERSTATE COM MERCE LAW BROKE IN TWO BODIES Chicago, 111., Oct. 26. 'Several thou sand delegates, representing com mercial, Industrial and other organiza tions in all pirU of the United Slate.-, are In attendance at the Interstate commerce law congress, which opened lu re al the auditorium today. Mr. E. P. Bacon, of Milwaukee, who had signed the call for the conference, opened the session and delivered an address, In which he explained the object of the meeting and the Import ance of its action in impressing con gress with the necessity of passing laws extending the power of the in terstate commerce commission, in ac cordance with the recommendation contained in President Roosevelt's message to congress. In his last annual message Presi dent Raosevelt recommended: "The interstate commerce commission to be vested with power, where a given rate ha been challenged, and after a fJ(l hearing found to be unreasonable, to decide, subject to judicial review, what shall be the reasonable rate to take Its place, the ruling of the com mission taking effect immediately, and to obtain, unless and until it is conference will seek to arouse public interest tn the movement and to ex ert sufficient pressnre upon congress to bring about the passage of the de sired lsws. RUMP CONVENTION FORMED BY RAILROAD FACTION. Chicago, Oct. 16. Before the inter state commerce law onyention met Joday, a caucus was held on the ad mission of delegates who were not In sympathy with the objects of the meeting. It was finally decided not to admit the railroad faction. ALHUQUKKQUE, NEW MKX1CO, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOHEH L', i USUAL RECORD OF FATALITIES Hot Springs Hotel Burns and Six Guests are Cremated. CAUSED BY EXPLODING LAMP Two Rock Island Passen gers Collide Head on and Four are Killed. RUNAWAY STREET CAR HURTS 25 v - Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 26. Six bodies have been taken from the ruins of the railroad hotel, located at the corner of Elm and Olive streets here, which was damaged by fire ear ly this morning.. The dead are: Henry Bradley, waiter; Edward Snyder, porter; Mrs. Mack, musician; A. L. Mann, railroad conductor, believed to be from Den ver; two unknown men. The ruins have not been thoroughly searched and there mav he other bodies. The fire Is suppose.! to have been caused by the explosion of a lamp. ROCK ISLAND PASSENGERS, KILL FOUR. WOUND OTHERS Kansas City, Oct. 20. West bound passenger train No. 11, on the Chica go, Rock Island & Pacific, from Chi cago, coilided at Fairfield, III., head on with No. 12, which left Kansas City last night. Four were killed and a number were Injured. The dead are: F. J. Milks, engin eer on No. 11; Glen Canfield, mall clerk; Detective Griffith; a tramp, name unknown. STREET CAR RUNS AWAY ONE THOUSAND FEET New York, Oct. 26. A runaway street car on the New Williamsburg suspension bridge across East river today caused Injury to twenty-five persons, two probably fatally. The car ran for a thousand feet down an Incline at the approach to the bridge, and crashed Into another car standing at the bottom. WILLIAM GIBBS DIES AT SOLDIERS HOME ALBUQUERQUE VETERAN SUC CUMBS TO STROKE OF PARALY SIS AT ADVANCED AGE OF 73 YEARS. A. Harsch, proprietor of the Harsch Bottling Works, received a letter to day from William E. Sherman, form erly of this city, ibut now an inmate of the Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles county, California, conveying the sad news of the death at the home on Sat urday last of Comrade William Gibbs. Comrade Gibbs left Albuquerque a little over a year ago for the Sol diers' Home, and was followed a short time after by his wife, who was with him at the time of his death. The direct cause of his demise was paraly sis. He suffered a stroke some months ago, and had been falling rapidly ever since. William Gibbs was born In Chester field county, Virginia, and was about 73 years of age. He enlisted In the Union army December 9, 1856, as a private In the Fifth United States In fantry, and was discharged August 29. 1804, having served eight years and three months. The deceased was a ploneef of Al buquerque and during the lat few years of his residence here, he con ducted a tinner's shop on Gold ave nue. He was one of the veterans of this city, having settled here in the 'S0'8. He was a member of G. K. Warren Post, No. 5, and had served as Junior vice commander of the post. Only those who subscribed to what St. Petersburg, Oct. 26. The whole the otllcHis of the organization called country is becoming alarmed and in the "creed and articles of faith," j St. Petersburg an incipient panic pro were admitted. This "creed," en- vails. Moats and Finnish trains are dorses President Roosevelt's message now the onlv mean nf ubKing legislation bv congress, en larging the powers of the interstate commerce commission, so that it may rtgulate freight rates subject to Ju dicial review. The convention was called to order by S. H. Cowan, of Texas. A so called rump convention was formed by those who were refused admis sion. They number about 20o. Mckinley memorial monument unveiled in massachusetts Springfield, Mass., Oct. 26. The memorial to the late President Mc Kiuley just erected here wlli be un veiled this afternoon with - elaborate ceremonies. The memorial consists of a iirouze bust of McKlnley, of he roic size, resting on a granite shaft, with a bronze tlgure representing Fame, reaching upward with a palm bough In her hand. The monument was designed and executed by Philip Martiny of New York, and stands in a commanding position on Pecousic Hill in Fure.-l Park, where it can be been for miles up and down the Con necticut river. The memorial cost $15,000 and wa paid for by public subscriptions, varying from $1 to sev eral hundred doKars. The program mt the usveiling cere IN THE f 'rav iul! mm- ' 4 ! 0kmL W&JUM mm I Robert i m. PfWB wpm' ET RUSSIAN AUTOCRACY BROUGHT FINALLY DOWN TO ITS KNEES Freedom of Press Granted and Railway Wages Raised-Nearly Hundred Thousand Strikers. People Flee From St. Petersburg. MUTINY BREAKS OUT IN THE FLEET ON TWO -SHIPS St. Petersburg,' Oct. 26. As the re suit of a special mlnisterian counsel under the presidency of Count Wltte, held to adopt measures to deal with the internal situation, new national laws granting political freedom of speech to the press were adopted and. will be promulgated forthwith. The remuneration of railway employes will be revised to meet the promise made last spring. Unless this la done, Prince Hilkoff, minister of railroads, will resign. RUSSIA IS ISOLATED AND INDUSTRY AT STANDSTILL St. Petersburg, Oct, 26. Russia is practically Isolated today from the rest of the continent of Europe, as International train service on all the lines has virtually ceased. The tie up In the interior Is more complete than it was yesterday. The only trains running are those operated hy rail road battalions. All classes of work men are organizing in sympathetic strikes, and industrial life in the coun try Is coming to a standstill. Collis ions between troops and strikers are reported to have occurred at several places. MUTINY AGAIN IS RIFE IN BLACK SEA FLEET London, Oct. 26. A special from Odessa says It Is reported that a mut ing has occurred on the battleship Catherine at Sevastopol, and 400 of the crew are under arrest. Another dispatch from Odessa says it is reported from Saba.stopol that the Russian battleship Paleleimon, formerly Kniaz Potemklnc, has been destroyed by Incendiaries WORKMEN NUMBER SEVENTY TH ni I ft A N n DcftDi c ci rciMp they are crowded with people fleeing abroad. The situation here has grown worse over night. The ranks of 40.000 work men from the mills and factories who Joined the strike yesterday, were in creased by 20,000 more this morn ing. Prices of food have gone up and supplies of beef are sufficient for only monies will consist of prayer by one of the local ministers, tho presenta tion of the monument to the city Uy James T. Abbe, chairman of the Me Kiuley Memorial commission, its ac ceptance by Mayor Frank W. Dickin aon, the unveiling ly Miss Sailie lA-eds. granddaughter of the late Eli Eha Morgan, the original chairman of the memorial commission, the address of the day by Lieut. Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr., and music by the Second Regi ment, band. Several thousand visitors havp been attracted by the event and the city presents a festive appearance. The schools are closed to enable the school children to attend the unveil ing ceremony. Nearly all business houses will be closed in the afternoon In honwr of the event. SOUTHERN HALL three rlays, but there are ample sup plies of wheat and rye for two months. REVLUTION SPREADING RAPIDLY IN POLAND Warsaw, Oct. 26. Agitators are or ganizing revolutionary meetings in factory districts and a general strike is anticipated October 28. Prices of food are rapidly Increasing. ALBUQUERQUE GIRL TO WEO PHILADELPHIA MILLIONAIRE ENGAGEMENT OR MISS IRMA SCHUSTER 13 ANNOUNCED BY YOUNG LADY'S PARENTS. Mr. and Mrs. Max Schuster, of 603 West Copper avenue, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Mias Irma Josephine Schuster, to Mr. 'A. Snellenburg, of Philadelphia, Pa. , ine young lady has been in Euroie for several years completing her ed ucation and la now on her way to Albuquerque to spend the holidays with her parents in this city. She has been spending .some weeks at Philadelphia, and while there became engaged to Mr. Snellenberg. Miss Schuster tomes of a promi nent Jewish family, her father being a mombor of the general merchandise firm of Schuster ftros., Holbrook, Ariz., and the young lady has been one of the society belles of the city. The groom-to-be Is a millionaire merchant of Philadelphia, and is pro prietor of the largest general mer- chandise store in that city The wedding will take place some time within the near f tit n it CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE. ClarksvilU!, Tenn., Oct. L'tl. The an nual meeting of tho Young .Men's Christian association of Tennessee, opened here this morning with a laree attendance, representing every Institution and branch of the organ ization in this state. The session this morning was opened with an address by Dr. James I. Vance, of Newark, N. J., who soke on "Tennessee's Largest Asset and Greatest Need." Ir. Vance will address the conven tion on every one of the three days of the convention. Besides him, there are a number of other prominent speakers who wiil deliver addresses. The mti.-ic is under the direction of lrof. Charles C. Washburn, assisted by tho Vanderbllt (ilee club. NEW AMERICAN CONSUL TO AMOY, CHINA. GKOROB E. ANDHRSO.V. OF FAME NEW ORLEANS ENDS THE TRIP President Ate, Spoke, Saw Sights, Sleeps on Light House Tender. FOR WASHINGTON . IN MORNING New Orleans, La.," Oct? 26. Presi dent Roosevelt, accompanied by Sec retary Loeb and Surgeon-General Rix ey arrived here by special train from Memphis at o'clock this morning. A reception committee, headed by May or Martin Behrniau, received tne president at the station. An enor omus crowd was assembled in front of the station, when the president ar rived and received him with enthus iastic cheers, which continued until the carriages, bearing the president and the other members of the party, as well as the members of the recep tion committee, had vanished from eight down Canal street. Detachments of mounted state troops formed the military escort to the president. The carriages passed along Canal to Liberty street, thence to Camp and Lee Circle, thence to St. Charles to the city hall. All along the route the houses were handsomely decorated with f.ags and bunting and thousands of people lined the streets, cheering the president while he passed, smil ing and bowing. A large audience awaited the president at the city hall, where he wis formally introduced bv tne mayor and deliveied an address. His remarks were often interrupted by applause and tl.o chetiing contin ued for some minutes atier he had finished His aCdrcss. Then President Roosevelt was tak en to the St. Charles hotei. where he held an Informal 'ectjlion at the P.i.ni Gurdei! ,f the hotel fur ibout au hour. Later he was the guest of hon or at a luncheon served in the ban quet room of tho hotel. Numerous ad dresses by representative citizens were delivered. Then the president was taken on a tour through tho most beautiful and safest parts of the city. and given a pleasure sa on the river. At 6 o'clock this evening the presi dent will embark on a lighthouse ten der, on which bo will spend the night and early tomorrow morning he will be transferred to the cruiser West Virginia, In which he will make the voyage to Norfolk, Va., whence he will continue his trip to Washington In the Mayflower. He expects to re turn to tho capital on tho morning of October 31. The crowd was so enormous at La fayette Square that President Roose velt wag unable to make himself heard, and without finishing his speech closed by telling the multi tude, "Oo home and be good citizens." Ho retired to the mayor's parlor, where ho held a brief reception. STOCK BREEDERS AND DAIRY MEN DISCUSS SOME LIVE QUESTIONS Macon, Cia., Oct. 2fi. The first an nual meeting of the Georgia Dairy and Live Stock association, which was formed by the combination of the Dairymen's and the Live Slock Breed ers' associations, opened here today under the auspices of the Macon Fair Association. The session this morning was open ed by President George A. Smith with a brief welcoming address. Then Pro fessor W. A. Splllman, agriculturist of the bureau of plant Industry of the I'nlted Startes department of agricul ture, was Introduced and delivered an address on drains and UraBseg for to South." The second speiier of the momma session was Prof. J. K. 1K)5. CRIMES AND THE CRIMINALS White Woman is Assuitcd in the City of Atlanta. BLOODHOUNDS ON TIIETRAIL Cunliffe in Court in Absence of the Prosecution Pleads Guilty. BELIEF GROWING HE'S INSANE - Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 26. A white woman was assaulted Inside the north ern portion of the city of Atlanta to day by a negro, who escaped. Blood hounds were placed on his track. EXPRtss robberTleads GUILTY STEALING MONEY Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 26. Edward G. Cunliffe, tho Adams Express robber, went into court todav and nlenrien guilty to stealing the $101,000, which he was accused of taking. Sentence was suspended until Saturday. This action on the part of the defendant was a big surprise, as neither the ex press company nor the Plnkerton De tective association were' represented in court. The belief Is growing that Cunliffe Is actually mentally unbal anced. GENERAL SIlAKE-UPi IN STATE DEPARTMENT Washington, Oct. 26. The adminis tration has determined upon a defi nite propoganda completely reorganlz Ing the diplomatic and consular serv ice. Mr. Root proposes to urge con gress through the president ,to ac quire homes for our ambassadors and principal ministers In foreign lands. Just now Secretary Root Is com pletely reorganizing the personnel of the Btate department force. He has already changed the chief clerk of the department and bas trongly lntimat ed to Third Assistant, Secretary of State Pierce that his place will be wanted soon. The head of the diplo matic ana consular bureau Is also un dergtood to have come under the dlc- crlmlnatlng eye of the new secretary; and be, too, will be displaced. This is the important bureau , which now has charge of the deciphering al all dispatches and the placing In cipher of the confidential messages sent out by the secretary of state, and will be a position of the highest confidence In Its relations with the secretary of state. The bureau also has charge of the special mall pouches sent by our government to our representa tives obroad, and also has the confi dential flies of tne department under Its autho.-ttv FORMER P0ST0FFICE INSPECTOR APPOINTED C01N1Y AUDITOR A. P. Smlthers, formerly postofflce Inspector, with headquarters in Albu querque, but who reBlpned a month ago, has been appointed auditor of Denver county, Colorado. The posi tion has Just been created by the board of county commissioners, and pays a salary of $100 per month. The duties of the office will be to assist the chairman of the board of commis sioners Is auditing the bills of the different county officers, who are re- quired by law to file monthly state ments of their receipts and disburse ments. As postofflce Inspector, Smith erg received an annual salary Oi $1,600 and $4 a day for time actually employed. QUARANTINES ARE RAPIDLY BEING LIFTED New Orleans, La., Oct. 26. That the whole country has faith In the assur ances of the federal officers that the fight against yellow fever Is prac tically ended. Is shown by the rapidity with which the quarantines are being lifted. Meridian, Miss., has Anally thrown her pates open to the world, and that means tho complete resump tion or travel over the Queen & Cres cent road from Cincinnati to New Orleans, practically all of tho towns along tho Mississippi gulf coast have removed restrictions, liiloxl, being the last. Iirye numbers of persons who have been on the coast since tho fe ver started are coming Into New Or leans. As the result of heavy frosts a large number of Mississippi towns have discharged their inspectors and ordered the removal of all embargoes on travel, Jackson, Miss., and Mobile, Ala., being exceptions. Cugger, of Auburn, Ala., prof.'ssor of agriculture in the Alabama Agricultu ral college and director of the experi ment station. He spoke on "Legumi nous Plants as Forage and Soil Im provers." Mr. Gettys, the noted breeder of Jerseys M Athens, Tenn., the last speaker on tho program, spoke of "Dairy Fanning In Georgia." Then the de'egateg tad members adjourned for luncheon. After luncheon they will meet at the live stock show on the fair grounds, to view the exhibit and at tend the prize judging. The rest of the afternoon and the evening will be left free to members for recreation and enjoyment. NUMHEK 271) FOOTBALL NOW SEEMS DOOMED Predent Elliott Will Elim inate it From Harvard IF SLUGGING IS PRACTICED Attorneys For Burns Object to Any New Min-, ing Trial. NOTHING OF DOYLE'S CLAIMES Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 26. Presi dent Eliot, of Harvard, has determin ed that brutality and unnecessarr roughness shall cease In foot ball p ayed by Harvard, or foot ball Itself shall be eliminated from the univer sity. He will witness the game between Harvard and Yale, which will be played in about a month, and if there la any slugging he will recommend t the corporation that Harvard cease playing inter-collegiate foot ball. The corporation would undoubtedly so vote, and foot ball, with Harvard left out, would receive a stunning, If not a knock-out blow. HARRIMAN'S TRAIN STILL MAKING TIME. Elmlra, 111., Oct. 26. Harrlman left Elmlra over the Erie railroad at 1 pc m. today. Alias Roosevelt did not ap pear on the platform of her car, Mr. Harrlman announcing to the large crowd on the depot platform that she was ill. Passed Through Binghamton. Bingharaton, N. Y., Oct. 26. Harrl man's special train passed through this city today at 2:33 p. m., without stopping. Miss Alice Roosevelt wu seen seated In the dining car, eatliit. FAIR PRESIDENCY TO BE FILLED . The city papers have announced the determination of George U Brooks to refuse the presidency of the twenty-sUth annual territorial fair, and In his published card Mr. Brook gives his reasons, much to hi regret, that owing to certain contemplated .improvements mand- kh ft next summer, and which will need his per sonal attention, he could not accept the "honor conferred ujion him with' out great sacrifice to his own Inter ests." The withdrawal of Mr. Brooks will necessitate the secretary calling an other mass meeting for the purpose of electing some one to fill the t cancy. Today a number of names have been mentioned for the fair presidency, and they are all good people. Th Citizen representative has heard the qualifications of the following gentle men Tor president, discussed: George Arnot, Felix Lester, Ivan Grunsfeld, Darby A. Day, J. J. Sheridan, Wallace Hesselden, "Simon Stern, O. N. Mar ron, D. A. Macpherson, Solomon Luna, P. F. McCanna, B. H. Briggs, and M. Nash, and either one of these gentlemen, if chosen by a mass meet ing, or otherwise, would prove en tirely satisfactory to The Citizen, and this paper would be found In the band wagon, helping to make the nex. ialr one of tho biggest, if not the biggest. ever neia. ANOTHER UTAH RUSH TONIGHT VALUABLE MINERAL LANDS NOT SUBJECT TO ENTRY AT THE RECENT LOTTERY CAN BE NOW TAKEN UP. Washington. Oct. 26. At midnight tonight, the 26th, lands of the Uintah Indian reservation not taken up by settlers under the recent lottery be come subject to entry under public land laws, and mineral lands, which were not subject to entry by persons participating in lottery, then for the first time become subject to entry under mineral laud laws. No ruloa will be promulgated governing open ing of these lands, the law being ex plicit on that point. Only One Proposal Received. Only one proposal was received for tho construction and completion oi earth embankments in connection with tho Hondo Irrigation project. New Mexico, which was opened ac cording to advertisement at RoswelL October 17. Tins work involves 200, 0'io cubic yards of earthwork and 150, ooo cubic yards of overhaul and the bill submitted w.is that of Wood, Ban croft & Doty, of Omaha, Neb., as fol lows: Seventeen cents on embank ments and one and a half cents on overhaul. MAIL POl'Ctt STOLEN AND ROBBED AT CORONA Kl Paso, Oct. 26. A dispatch from Alamogordo says: Trainmen report that a mail pouch was stolen from a crane at Corona, on the eastera di vision of the El Paso tc Southwestern railway. The pouch was p aced for train 4J, but the clerk on 4J when he arrived found the Corona crane empty. The pouch was found tn an empty box car with tho contents intact, ex cept as to a register! letter from a Corona merchant to an Kl l'aso bank. The pouch bad been cut and the registered package abstracted. It is believed that the depredation was committed by some one who knew of the remittance. A freight train passed the crane af ter tho pouch had been hung up, be fire the passenger train came down, the passenger train being late.