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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1905
Page
1
An official inquiry is under way as rescue operations persist with limited information on possible casualties or missing persons. Authorities coordinate teams, search efforts, and assessments of the incident scene while awaiting further reports.
The Roswell Lodge of Elks No 969 held its first regular meeting with large attendance including visitors Mr Hardwick of Worth Hotel Fort Worth and Ike Waples of Houston. A committee was formed to approach the Sheridan estate about adding a second story to the new building near the Shelby Hotel and possible five year lease. Seventeen applications were read and by laws discussed.
A note describes the inaugural conference session lasting roughly sixty minutes. The report emphasizes brief proceedings and a concise start to the event.
The August 9 session in Portsmouth concluded after about an hour with no business beyond credentials and scheduling. Russia favored French and Japan English. they agreed to use English and French jointly and record minutes in both. An official statement noted formal meetings start tomorrow at 9:36 with two daily sessions. A marguerite party followed with Miss Hudgins winning a gold signet pin.
W P Harbert visited Riverside while Tobe Odem came from Hagerman. Wm F Zimmerman left for Nelson Missouri to prospect. R Clevengert and M Parks returned from the Valley trip. Mrs John B Infield visited Artesia. John Kelly headed to Falxa ranch for 5000 sheep. Nathan J Winehill departed for Galesburg after a Valley visit. W R Allison left for La Plata with investors. Sam P Butler and Rev M L Butler visited from Dexter. Leland Terhune returned to Iowa Park after government land stay. H I Tenney of Galesburg Jr and IX R Gesler and wife visited. Rev S K Hallam and Mrs Hallam left for Denton. Mrs Dla Ribble went to Graham for two months with sister Alice Smith. Mrs Ribble and Mrs Smith arrived from Hagerman yesterday. Mrs D R Perkins and Velma headed to Wichita Falls then Tennessee to visit relatives.
New Orleans reports a severe quarantine as the city braces for yellow fever threats. Archbishop Chapelle dies at 12 50 PM after falling ill Friday following a Louisiana tour as relief efforts to stamp out the fever continue amid hardships.
The yellow fever report shows 12 new New Orleans cases since Tuesday, 628 total, with 3 deaths and 115 total deaths. In Albany, two hundred workers comb through the Meyers department store wreckage, eleven bodies recovered, fears of many more among 50 unaccounted women, as mayor vows punishment for negligence and an investigation proceeds after rescue efforts. City launches a mass street cleaning campaign with volunteers and jail laborers aiding the effort.
Smaller towns including Guyeadan and Logansport in Louisiana appeal for food and ice relief as quarantine rules face modification. Logansport, on the Texas border, has had no train for seven days. supplies near exhaustion. Governor Blanchard reports an appeal from Bonami where two cases are noted. the sentiment area houses about 1200 people with only one doctor.
In Butte on August 9 an inquest into the death of Joseph Whitford, a Northern Pacific watchman, revealed he was killed and his body laid on the railroad tracks to conceal the crime. Police theory points to coal thieves as the assailants who killed him.
New York Aug 9 The first political banners in support of William Travers Jerome for re election as district attorney have been suspended by a newly formed organization whose members pledge to support him at the polls.
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions hosts a tea and sociable at the Rector's residence 509 North Lea Avenue Roswell on Thursday August 10. Tea served on the lawn 3 30 to 6 00 p m with the sociable at 7 30 p m ice cream cake and refreshments available. No charge for tea offerings accepted refreshments 15 cents or two for 25 cents young people of Roswell invited to the sociable.
O. I. Clevenger of Ohio, visiting the Valley for the first time, left this morning for Portales then home. He plans to settle in the immigration business and has joined a local company. E. R. Chitty and Richard K. Fox came up from Dexter today on business.
Captain Tom York and J P White left today for the Yellow House ranch. York is described as one of the finest fancy rifle shots in the world.
Rioting resumed in Chicago as union teamsters clashed with Montgomery-Wa Company non-union drivers. Five non-union drivers were attacked, two deputy sheriffs escorting them were threatened, and two beaten attackers fired shots before fleeing.
In New York on August 9 Magistrate Pool faced about 100 women with children demanding warrants for husbands accused of desertion and non support. He called wife desertion a grave menace to domestic life and noted the volume of cases shows the problem lawmakers must address.
J W Stockard J P White Avery Turner A L Conrad Tom York and George M Smith prepare for a Texas overland trip. York and Smith left Roswell for Portales loaded with gasoline. The Roswell Automobile Company car will be shipped to Portales tomorrow, meeting there then heading to the Yellow House Ranch Emma and Lubbock. The party may visit other places depending on the gasoline and timings.
Red Hoss Cummins repairs his main street building once occupied by the Bank Saloon. The floor is patched and interior appearance will be greatly improved in readiness for the next occupant.
Rome reports His Holiness Pope Pius suffering severely from gout. His physician Dr Saproni has ordered him to take a complete rest.
President Roosevelt will depart Oyster Bay at 8 AM for Wilkes Barre Pa to address United Mine Workers and Catholic Total Abstinence Union about three in the afternoon He will then move to Chautauqua N Y for a Friday morning address at the Chautauqua Assembly
Mr and Mrs J O Duncan of Artesia, guests of Judge and Mrs G A Richardson for two weeks, depart Roswell for their home in Eminence Kentucky to visit for sixty days. Mr Duncan came to Roswell with a dot and is now greatly improved.
A croquet party at Miss Lottie Gatewood’s home featured Miss Gatewood Miss Mussenden Miss Hattie Cobean and Mr Mussenden versus Mr Amis Mr Mullis Mr Cobean and Miss Mayme Cobean with the first team winning. Afterward ice cream and cake were served. A Shelby hotel dance entertained about a dozen couples, with four Mexican musicians providing lively music. Miss Irma Totzek and Miss Alda Smith hosted a lawn party at the former home on South Kentucky Avenue, starting at four in the afternoon, with a palm-decorated porch and a cool evening on the lawn.
Mrs S Sisson left this morning to return to her Harper Kansas home after a several weeks stay seeking relief for a throat affliction. She is reported improved.
E J DeArcy, popular Western Union agent, staged a public surprise by returning from a vacation to wed Irma Davidson in Girard Kansas two weeks earlier. The ceremony followed his arrival home and the couple planned postnuptial celebrations.
HH. A. McFarland, chef at the Alamo, came back last night from a two week vacation in Artesia. He is joined by J. E Brooks who will act as second in the Alamo kitchen.
The Roswell Poultry Yards will present as a prize a Waterville Leghorn cockerel to the exhibitor of the best cockerel shown at the Roswell Fair. The birds judged will be raised in Chaves county.
Quote from Silver City Enterprise questions men unable to run a peanut stand and contends such men may know how a newspaper should be run, reflecting editorial tone about business aptitude and press management.
Mrs T M Daniel gave birth to a nine pound boy today and both mother and child are reported to be doing nicely.
A King drag was used on Military Road from the Military Institute. Jim Hamilton, Mr. Pickering, and others worked on the project, and after one treatment the road looks a hundred percent better according to observers.
The Electric Light Company adds fifteen feet to its smoke stack to increase furnace drawing power. The rise follows higher demand from more lines and patronage recently called for.
U. S. Weather Bureau local report for Roswell New Mexico on August 9 notes maximum 88 minimum 57 mean 72 with .01 inch precipitation and northwest wind at 2 miles per hour. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with local thunder showers and a stated stationary temperature.
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