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uquerque Citizen TRAIN ARRIVALS WEATHER FORECAST No. 1 10 p. m. No. 4 5:60 p. m. No. 7 10:55 p. m. No. 8 6:40 p. m. No 9 4:15 a. m. Denver, Col., August 13Fair tonight; showers Wednesday. "WE GET THE NEWS FIRST" VOLUME 21. ALBUQUERQUE. NEW MEXICO, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13. 1907. NUMB EH 190. CURRY WANTS SUPPOKs? France and Spain Are Guarding Tangier NO AGREEMENT TO STRIKE CAN BE REACHED Alb WOMAN'S NERVE SAVED CALIFORNIA LUTED J Awakened by Sound of Fall ing Bridge She Rushed to Stop the Train. With Warships and Troops of Cavalry OF TERRITORIAL t ft JMwMM.'wAM-V s - OFFICIALS Expects Them to BacK Up Re publican Party In New Mexico as Well as Nationally. LEGISLATORS NOT BE APPOINTED New Executive Will Make Few Changes at Least For Present But Expects Loyalty From Those Holding Commis sions Under Him. Santa Fe, August 13. (Spoclul.) Governor Curry last evening outlined a feature of his administration In no uncertain lawguage to a representa tive of the Citizen who called to see him. "There are going to he few re movals at least for the present. said the new executive, "but there Is one thing that 1 wish no mistake about. I SHALL EXPECT THE UN QUALIFIED, HON" E.ST AND SIN CERE SUPPORT FOR BOTH THE TEKR.IORIAL AND NATIONAL REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION FROM EVERY OFFICIAL HOLD ING- OFFICE on COMMISSION UN DER MY REGIME IN THIS TEU 1UTOUY." Means Kvery Word. The way In which the new gover nor made the above statement and the manner in which he emphasized each word, showed that he would see that it was complied with in so far as he has power. "Personally, I do not approve of the appointment of members of a legislature to office, he continued "because I do not consider It con- ductive to honesty or to good govern ment. At the same time, as I stated (before, I am not going to make many chft.nires at-this, time and my actions la the future will be governed to great extent ty developments. Officiate Must Work. "However, when I place a man In ontce under a republican adminlslra tlon, I expect him to support that administration and that party just as religiously as I expect him to give his whole heart and his whole efforts to wards making the people a good honest, capable and ettlcient otllclal W'ltrnever he can not conscientiously support such administration or do'is not care to do so for other reasons. then he certainly has no right to a (position of trust under a regime in wnicn ne is not in sympathy. Briefly, those are my views on the subject. "I am for the best government that can be had and the square deal and I feel sure It can be had better under republican administration such as Roosevelt has outlined than under any other that I see upon the politi cal horizon at present. I III re Kxeoutlve Ability. Governor Curry has rare executive ability. While he has been unable to settle down to steady work because of the constant stream of visitors to the executive office, he has neverthe less obtained a good Insight Into the affairs of his own and other territor ial ohiccs. Ilomcvclt Man. The new governor Is an enthusias tic Roosevelt man and he Is con structed along similar lines to tne president. He Is a man of action rather than words but he can make Kood use of both upon occasion. Governor Curry did not care to discuss resignations at this time. Street reports, however, are to the effect that quite a number have been tendered for acceptance at his pleas ure. With the exception of the attorney general, he has not made any changes and the indications are that" he will not give the matter of appointments much attention for a few weeks longer. STABBED SWEETHEART OVER TRIVIAL -Girl Thought He Was Slightly Injured But He Died. St. Louis, Mo., August 13. Thcr?.i .Sullivan, aged 20 years, a pretty girl who surrendered to the police last night admitting that she had stabbed her sweetheart, Michael Landers, a young business man, in a juariel, 'broke down today when Informed that he died during the night. He failed to keep an appointment to take Miss Sullivan and her bis ter to a cummer garden, and when .-he unbralJed him later fur permit ting a glass of ber to come between him and his appointment, he at tempted to strike her. She stabbid him In t:,e left brea.st and Immedi ately walked to a police station and surrendered, though she d:d nut be lieve he was badly hurt. He d,ed live hours later. Gathering of Tribes Around Towns Causes Fear of Terrible Massacre. CITY OF TANGIER IS THREATENED HOURLY Repeated Attacks on French Sol diers Repulsed Thus Far-Sultan Fearing For His Llfa Has Fled Into Interior. Paris, August 13. The situation In Morocco today Is the most serious that has confronted civilization since the Boxer trouble in China in 1900. Unlike the Chinese of that day, the! lAioors are well armed, and thesecruel, wild Arabs of the desert are the most fearless lighters in the world. All reports indicate a gathering of the tribes, not only from the Interior of Morocco but from the entire nor'.h border of the Sahara desert. They are making mostly for Tan gier, the metropolis of Morocco, lo cated in the Meditteranean, outside of which are already gathered thou sands of fierce Mohammedan horse men, chanting from the Koran, preaching a "holy war" and thirst ing for the blood of the hundreds of Christians and Jews in Tangier. The, city could not be defended an hour against these fanatics once they made the plunge, and the powers are expecting to hear momentarily that a charge has been made. Every arriving steamer bring stories of fresh attacks made upjn and repulsed by Gen. Drudc's troops. Details are conllictlng, but generally they agree. After a heavy attack on the camp Drude in person established a post of 200 men east of the city to prevent horsemen charging the land ing place. This post was rt pis t city attacked throughout the day. , Ad vanced posts also were stationed to cover the city side, while the fleet .protected the side toward Raibat. Sev eral charges were beaten off. The trrbesmen In large masses approached the left main camp at full speed but as soon as they sighted the guns of the warships, the horsemen veered and effected a skilful wide turning movement, then suddenly wheeled and charged the camp from the right. The troops who bore the front of the assault emptied hundreds of saddles before the Arabs broke. The troopj lost two men killed and eight wound ed. The passengers say deeds of gal lantry among the troops were numer ous. The Moors aljo displayed a cour age which astonished the officers. Al though mowed down by quick-firers and volleys from the infantry for four days, they returned to the charge, showing extraordinary disdain for death. There is a persistent rumor here, which comes from Moorish sources and cannot be confirmed, that the nultan has left Fez for Rabat ami traveling by forced marches, has ar rived at Mazagan. There Is still much uncertainty as to the progress that hai been in the negotiations for the release of Sir Harry MacLean. There are rumors Constant Watching Necessary i ,ni....nMiii..uilil , V.J is t l 1 that a hiuh has incurred In the ne-, gotlations. letters received here' from Fez st.iu- that the sultan upon ' learning of the intentions of the French and Spanish to occupy Casa ItlxMCr. a I ...1 .....' sail that such a step would lead tJ a revolution throughout Morocco and' endanger tlie liws of ail Kuroneans. i lliroiic liisci-ure. i ii i. it- iiit-u ii i iiiir, uie buiidii, vaoo- el-Azi. is seated on the most Insecure i 1'iiiMir in in- Hitnu. jus arcn enemy. Raistlli. W MNtl tiuhtlnv him uii.t nii I bo able to unite the fanatical tribesj 0 i , , art. - View of tlio city of TaiiB-lcr, w "JAPAN IS A DESPOT IN KOREA" SAKS ST United States Senator After Personal Visit to Seoul. Talks. HE SEES MAILED FIST IN SIGHT EVERYWHERE Seoul, Korea. August 13. William J. Stone, United States senator from .Missouri, who has been in Seoul a week studying conditions here, has given his views of the situation. Ho has had an interview with Koroa's deposed emperor and with the new ruhrr. Senator Stone, in summing up the situation, said: "From the Korean standpoint, the situation Is pathetic. For the first time in my life I have seen the mail ed hand of foreign power raised ruth lessly over a conyuered people. "One emperor has been forced to vacate to make place for a weakling and both are held in practical im prisonment by their conqueror. There Is an armed Japanese force about the palace and the Koreans are denied the-right of communication with tha palace, all save the supplant ministers who are doing the bidding of Mar quis Ito and who dare not show themselves In the streets t Seoul without a Japanese military guard. "No man, Korean or follower, can have an audience with the emperor except by permission of and In tlio presence of Marquis Ito. The em;per or and his father are prisoners in their own nalace and Marquis Ito ' the real ruler, the government is de spotic and one of foreigners upheld iby military force. The purpose of the Japanese is to appropriate Korea and make it the gateway for an en croachment. The policy of Japan is unexampled In modern times. "Hut history Is surely being male here which reaches far beyond the confines of this country and affects for more than the destiny of this un happy empire. Some day there will be a reckoning." to Protect Moroccan Cltiix. n f 1 now gathering under his own banner. That would iiroijalily be the end of Abd-tl-Aziz. Shoull a great massacre occur In Tangier, the power.-, wearied by the unrest of Morocco. would probably dwride to abolish the sul tanate and put the country under tho rule of an European country, prob ubly Spain. The cruiser Aube Is at Majugun. the Iiuehayla is on the way to Safll and the Oalilee is at Rabat. The gov ernor of Rabat has warned the na tives that at the first sign of rebel lion cruisers will bombard the city. JIM Z ft 1 ft-, . r 4 A lihii is tlireatoMwl with the most NEW GOVERNOR WILL OPEN SOCORRO COUNTHAIR Invitation Extended by Mayor and Prominent Citizens to George Curry. BIGGEST EVENT OF KIND IN YEARS Socorro, N. M., August 13. (Spe cial) One of the first soolal events In which the new governor, George Curry, will participate, will b the Socorro county fair to be held at the county seat of Socorro, .tteptembar 28 to 30, IncluelY , . . In response to ail invitation f i-orfi Mayor H. O. Bursum, and a number of the prominent men of Socorro county, the new governor will for mally open the Socorro county fair with a speech. The citizens of Socorro are making elaborate preparations for the fair and particularly for the entertain ment of the new governor when he visits that city. The Socorro county fair will be bigger than ever, and there will be a larger number of attractions than have ever ben seen there before. The displays will also bo on a larger scale than ever before and there Is more money available for prizes. Excursions will be run to Socorro from Albuquerque and from points to the south of this city and a large attendance Is expected. Socorro will be handsomely deco rated, even the residences presenting a festive appearance. There will be several bands pres ent and Curry Day, the day upon which the fair opens, will be one of the features of the week In this place. The new governor will receive an ovation, second only to that of his Inauguration. In addition to the usual attrac tions at the fair there will be racing and base ball. The local team will meet all of the best teams in the territory and expects to put up a hard fight for the honors of the oc casion. IXCKKASi; OK 1'OIICK OX KCK.XId IIK.1IWAV Santa Fe, N. M., August 13. Su perintendent Marion Llttrell, of the territorial penitentiary, with a num ber of guards, today took ft detach ment of twenty convicts to Iis Ve gas, where they will be put to work on the east end of the Scenic High way. This will Increase the force on the Scenic Highway to ttfty men and work will be pushed as rapidly as ivossible. TAFT CONFERS WITH T He Refuses to Say Whether He Will Resign Score taryshlp. Oyster Bay. N. Y.. August 13. Secretary Taft called on the presi dent today and held a lat conference before leaving for the Philippines. It is understood that the coining na tional campaign Was the chief topic. After tin? conference Taft refused to Confirm or deny the report that lie will resign the secretaryship to be come a candidate for the presidency. it is known, however, that the president and his favorite cabinet of ficer talked over the situation fully and that a decision was arrived at which will be unnouneed not sooner than on Tift's return from Ms trip to the Philippines and on around tile world. it will be at least three months before the secretary's Inten tion concerning his resignation is known, a.- lie will certainly remain in office to fultill the president's wishes regarding his trip to the Philippines. dreadful ma&oaore of a century. ARRESTED FOR KILLING OF EIGHTEEN YEARSAGO Murder of Praying Penltentes May Yet Be Avenged. SUSPECT BROUGHT HERE FOR SAFE KEEPING Alounted Policeman Q. F. Murray, stationed at Kettner, Valencia county, arrived In the city this morning fr3m Grants, N. M.. with Octovlanlo Talles, who Is charged with committing a UUir4erat San Rafael, N. M. " Talles was placed in the Bernalillo county jail for safe keeping. . ,' According to Officer Murray, Talles shot and killed a 17-year-old boy by the name of Marques at San Rafael on Christmas night, 1890. The kill ing took place at a meeting of Penl tentes, and was the result of a quar rel over Talles not taking his hat off In the meeting place where the Penl tentes were praying. Talles Invited Marques out of the church to settle the quarrel. The boy accepted the challenge and Talles shot him as he come out of the door of the church. Talles claimed aelf defense at the time because Marques had a plstal In his hand as he came out of the church. After the killing, however, it was found that the gun the dead boy held In his hand when he fell had no loads In it. Talles was arrested at the time an 1 taken to the Valencia county Jail, from which place he escaped while awaiting trial and made his way into Mexico before the officers could re capture him. Ilocaptured. About two months ago Talles re turned to San Rafael, where he has a large number of relatives living. The mounted police learned of his return, and Murray was commission ed to investigate the case and ascer tain if possible If any witnesses of the killing could be found, and If th ;y were still to be had. arrest Talles. Several witnesses were found to still live In Sn Rafael and the capture was effected last Sunday morning be tween 5 and 6 o'clock. Officer Murray went to San Rafael Saturday night under cover of dark ness, so as not to scare his prospec tive captive away, and went to tiv; house where Talles was staying eaily In the morning Sunday. Talles had just gotten up and was coming around the house bareheaded as lbs otlieer called. Officer Murray says that he pulled his gun on the alleged murderer Just as a matter of precaution, and the capture was effected without any trouble whatever. Talles says that he has been In Mexico most of the time since he left the county, but declines to discuss the killing with which he Is charged. HEAT KILLS THREE HENDI ST. LOUIS St. Iyiuis. Mo., August 13. The hottest day for six years caused In tense suffering, three deaths and fif teen cases of prostration in St. louls and Its suburbs yesterday. The muxt m um of tS was reached at 4 p. in. and la.sted for only an hour. Up to noon the weather, while not hot enough to be uncomfortable, dl l not reach the danger point. At noon the mercury was H0. Then It rose t degrees an hour lit 1 o'clock, 94 at 2 o'clock. Siti at 3 o'clock, and the high temperature point for six years when 'IS at 4 o'clock was re corded. OltKi ( l.i:ilk I VKI.S his owx i.i it: Kansas City, Mo., August 13. Homy H. Fleti her. 3S years old, a drug clerk, of 2nu2 Lynn avenue, committed su.cido in bis home at midnight l;u-t night by drinking laud anum. He tied a half hour later in u police i.mhulance while being taken to tho general hospital. He leaves a widow and a toil 4 years old. Fletcher h d been drinking heav ily for several days and had told sexeral acquaintances that he iu Ul.ded to eid his life. commissioner N'cill Admits That Conference With Leaders Amounts to Nothing. TELEGRAPH BUSINESS WHOLLY CRIPPLED Operators Expect to Carry on Walkout Policy Until Compan ies Acceed to Their Demands. Local Offices Are Still Handling Business. - At ChlcaiO todsv. Pnmmkqlnnfir -Nelll, of the bureau of labor, depart ment oi commerce and labor, admit ted that the end of the strike Is not In sight and that a conference of leaders today has had no results whatever. He tacitly admits that tho strike promises to be of long dura tion. Local Situation. The local union telegraphers who worked for the Postal Telegraph company, two in number, have quit work and only Manager Hawkins, whose position was not included in the strike order. Is on duty. He says he is handling quite a lot of business with the big cities, but owing to the handicap caused by the large number of men off there, he is not unusually ibusy and consequently does not miss the retiring strikers to any extent at present. Business will not snow up nearly as well for the month. At the Western Union offices the condition Is about the same as yes terday. The arrival of messages is not large and all business Is taken subject to delay, as is also the cas with messages over the Postal lines. Condition Worse, Throughout the country conditions ar not improved; In fact, they are less satisroctory man yesterday. Tne Associated frew operators) re ail out and in commercial offices hut few men are working, most of them being wire chiefs and student operators. Iu many cases where men have gone to work they have later changed their minds and joined the strikers. The president does not feel yet that he can afford to enter into ne gotiations for arbitration, but Com missioner Nelll is working to effect that end. No Settlement In Sight. Chicago, August 13. Oeneral Sec retary Russell, of the telegraphers' union, predicts that before night, the strike will be general throughout th1) United States and Canada. Labor Commissioner Nelll, Presi dent Uompers and other leaders con ferred today with the Idea of arrang ing some manner of settling tne strike. Nelll declared that there Is no Immediate indication of a settle ment. l'linils Insufficient. Officers of the local telegraphers' union assured the operators, who crowded the local headquarters to day, that if they remained out the companies will be forced to meet their demands. Some of the opera tors said the union's funds are In sufficient for a protracted strike, but they are depending on aid from the allied unions. Have Home lanplojex. New York, August 13. While the striking telegraphers claim that their strike w"l be successful, the officia's of the western Union and Pos'ol companies state today that they are handling business rapidly and that a number of men are returning tj work. No disorders are reported to day. Operators Out at ISoston. Boston, Mass., August 13. At a signal at 11 o'clock this morning, 35 operators of the Postal, comprlslif; about half the force, walked out. The Western Union operators expect to follow suit. . It. T. Come- to Aid. San Francisco, Cal., August 13. The National Order of Railway Telj grapher has swung the enormcus strength of Its membership and treasury to the support of the strik ing commercial telegraphers. In practically every railroad station In the United States and Canada, today the following message from the na tion secretary of the order was celved: "St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 11. 1907. "To All O. It. T. Men In the United States and Canada: "lo not handle any Western Un ion business. We are bucking Com mercial I elegrt-vhers I nlou of Amer ico financially and are giving them our support. This is a critical point In the history of both organizations. Spread this to every railroad statl-. u you possibly can. (Signed l "L. W. QUICK. "National Secretary of o. R. T." o.i'i:iu:xii: m y t 'oxt'i.i in: sTitiKi: Denver. Colo., August 13. It has been formally agreed that the I.-n-vei and Rio Grande conference with the Kwiichmen, on which the fate of the switchmen's strike depends, will be held tomorrow morning. Vice President Parker of the Colorado ami Southern, has at last agreed to take part in a conference of the western roads on the two cent dif feuntial and abide by the result. Coroner Will loxesiitate. Itoiilder, Colo., August la-Coroner Ituchheit has summoned a Jury to Investigate the deaths of the threi men who died as the result of in juries received In the dynamite ex plosion during the fire Saturday morning which destroyed the C. &. S. freight depot and twenty-five loa 1 ana empty freight cars. ENGINE ALMOST Her Bonflre Beside Track Resulted In Hundred Passengers Escap ing Injury and Death In ' Swollen Stream Beneath a Trestle. Kansas City, Mo., August IS. Mn Minnie Houdeshell and her husband, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa F wetlon workman, live in a tent be side the railroad tracks three miles west of Ethel, Mo., a small town on th Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe near Marcelln and about 124 miles east of Kansas City. The were asleep in their canvas home when about 8:30 the woman was awaken ed by a crash. It flashed through her mind In an instant what the crash meant. "The bridge," she thought. Not far from the tent a bride spans a ravine. Mrs. Houdeshell ran to it and saw that the west stone abuttment had crumbled and fallen Into the ravine. The steel girders and the frame work supporting the tracks were gone, too. The ravine is seventy-five feet deep and about sixty feet across. With the ties clinging to them the tracks still stretched across the ravine so that the engineer on an approaching train could not have seen that the support ers of the structure were gone. Tlio Limited Waa Due. It was almost time for the Califor nia limited, one of the fastest trains on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe system, .to pasa over the trestle on its way to China go. Knowing' this ana thinking of the accident that , would result, Mrs. HouijeshniS1 hur- ( riedly gathered some dry stick and built a fire on the tracks near the west end of the trestle. Then she awakened here husband and sent him with a lantern in the direction from which the train would ap proach. Houdeshell had just started when the train rounded a curve 400 yards from the structure. The engi neer saw the fire, but was unable tJ stop the train until It was within fifty feet of the ravine. Dr. W. H. Haviland, who live at 1232 Central avenue. West Side, was a passenger on a west bound train that arrived at the scene several hours after the bridge had fallen. Sho Only Had live Minutes. "The California limited had 250 passengers aboard and it whs scarce ly five minutes after the woman found the caveln when the train was stopped by the bonfire. When the passengers awoke and saw the tracks ucross the ravine, without any supports beneath, they acted as If they were crazy. The headlight on the engine would not have shown the true condition of the bridge; it would have appeared to be perfect ly safe. "Men gave Mrs. Houdeshell mon ey until she laid more gold' and sil ver than Bhe could carry in her hands. She wrapped It up in a cloth and when she counted It at 7 o'clock in the morning she had more than $800." Edward II. Lewis. a traveling salesmuji from Plymouth, Mich., who was on the train, started a pe tition that will be presented to the company asking thut Mrs, Houde shell be suitably rewarded. Heavy Huiiis t'austvl It. The collapse of the bridge was due to the heavy rnlns of the last few days In that vicinity. The sup ports hud apparently become weak ened under the masonry, causing It to lnk. The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe used the tracks of the Chi cago, Burlington and Quincy yester day and last night to Galesburg, III., but it was thought that their own service would be restored by this morning. BED CLEANING CAUSES A $2610 FIRE LOSS - St. Louis. August 13. The store building occupied by O. Solomon, whose family resided on the upper floors, together with five adjoining building occupied by Jewish fam ilies, were destroyed by fire today. The fire as started by a lighted cigarette, which Solomon took Into a room where his wife was cleaning l bed with gasoline. His hair ami mustache were burned off and his wife was badly burned before they escaped from the room. The total loss Is t IIH.OOO. CLAIMS THAT LAW IS Magdaiena. August 13. (KM-ial) -Silomon Montoya, who was ar rested in Alljuijueiiiue last Sunday on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, was tried be fore the Justice of the peace here and fined JD'l and costs. The case will be appealed, it being held that chapter 37. of the territorial stat utes of lau5. under which (he sen tence was passed, h is been ruled un constitution ii by the district court.