Bank Raided After Loan Refusal
A man dynamited a bank after being denied a five thousand dollar loan. The incident prompted police searches and warnings to residents as investigators probe the motive and suspect identity.
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1907
Page
1
A man dynamited a bank after being denied a five thousand dollar loan. The incident prompted police searches and warnings to residents as investigators probe the motive and suspect identity.
A bomb on the porch of the National Bank in Philadelphia kills cashier W. Z. McLear and injures six others, two fatally, after a man demanded a five thousand dollar loan and exploded the device. The assailant fled. investigators search for the attacker and determine papers and vault contents may be lost.
A relief train returned to Cape Girardeau Missouri from Neely's station bringing seven injured passengers hurt in a smoking car on a Frisco railroad that overturned Tuesday evening. Other passengers marooned by flood conditions were brought back as the track has been weakened by recent rains and sinks under train weight.
Bingen Germany January 5 Forty or more workers were buried yesterday evening in a cut on the new railroad line between Lamscheid and Lenningen. Thirteen bodies and fifteen injured men have been recovered. The embankment collapsed burying two more. A large rescue force of laborers was at work.
Rescue crews labor amid danger of further collapses as earth shifts. Authorities say fifteen bodies are believed trapped beneath the fallen soil as operations proceed.
From this date and beginning to morrow a cannon will be fired as the evening gun on every afternoon of dress parade at the Military Institute. No salute will be fired at retreat the closing movement of the drill and followed by review. Dress parade is held Tuesdays Fridays and Sundays inviting all to attend especially Sunday.
Real art in our line is the exception not the rule. Have you seen the work turned out at the Tent Studio. We are here to please you with our work. Every time we make a negative we make a friend. Come down and get a good photograph at the Tent Studio. The Best is our motto. Hess & Co.
Ingersoll's Book Store advertises special prices on blank books and office supplies needed for stores and offices this time of year.
Complete change of program twice weekly Monday and Thursday. New pictures, better than ever. Come early and get good seats. 10 cents to all. No reserves. Matinee Monday and Saturday at 3 00 p m. 10 cents.
Feinburg and family visiting cousins Mr and Mrs Arnold Morri son left for Chicago this morning. They enjoyed Roswell and will return in a month to make their home here.
Reports say life rafts from the Pacific mail steamer City of Panama washed ashore near Wardell Beach beside debris and crew and passenger remains. Officials doubt Monday’s sinking, noting a northwest gale and heavy seas may have flipped the vessel. The ship was en route to Mazatlan when last sighted before the gale.
New York January 5 B R Jeffrey president of the Denver and Rio Grande and affiliated lines testified at a Commerce Commission session on the Harriman merger. He noted limited competition with Union Pacific and Southern Pacific in certain territories such as Chicago and routes to the coast. He described the Western Pacific line from San Francisco to Salt Lake as a protective move for Rio Grande interests. He testified that U P control of S P created impediments to through business and that competition exists only in specific areas.
Washington reports show Catholics and Catholic groups nationally protesting government interference in Congo matters. They claim Protestant sources exaggerate alleged native cruelties and that reports are inaccurate and misleading.
The Roswell lodge of Eagles installed its 1907 officers at their hall in the Roswell Automobile Company's building last night. Officers named include B. F. Moon as Worthy President and R. D. Bell as Worthy Vice President with a roster of secretaries guards trustees and physicians. Light refreshments followed the ceremony.
San Francisco reports the L. M. Shilli van Trust Company of Goldfield is financially embarrassed as drafts by San Francisco brokers are protested. Peter Grant, the company's treasurer, says the embarrassment is temporary. The Sullivan Trust Company previously promoted mining stocks and bought its own securities to stimulate the market leading to a failed draft.
Rev. E. McQueen Gray arrives from Carlsbad to deliver a lecture at 7 30 in the gymnasium. The address is mainly for cadets but open to the general public with no admission fee and all are invited.
Last night the Majestic theater was packed for Camille by the Hollingsworth Twins and their Company with standing room crowds. The performance drew wide favor as audiences praised the production and the troupe. The company scheduled A Soldier's Sweetheart at three this afternoon before closing its two shows.
The Philhar monic Orchestra will perform at the Christian church Tuesday evening. soloist Miss Rodkey opens with Comin’ Through the Rye followed by Mrs McClane in The Last Rose of Summer. A quartet of Old Folks at Home features Mrs McClane Mrs Petty and Messrs Cummins and Kirkpatrick. Eva Nelson sings Home Sweet Home and Eunice Petty ends with Annie Laurie.
The first general convention of those interested in reclaiming semi arid regions by scientific farming is called to meet in Denver Colorado on January 24 and 25 1907. Governors agriculture colleges land boards engineers and others are urged to attend to promote practical farming and irrigation driven development.
Local Roswell New Mexico observation at 6 am reports max 61 min 23 mean 42 with no precipitation and clean conditions. Wind NW at 4 mph. Forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures tonight.
Washington announced that the Ninth and Tenth cavalry and the 25th infantry, comprising all Black soldiers in the regular army, are ordered to prepare for service in the Philippines and will sail between March 5 and June 5.
Mr and Mrs P B Howard hosted 32 couples for an apron party honoring the Misses Hernadez. Guests made aprons and judged prizes with Miss Mary Hernadez receiving a white embroidery apron and Mr T Fresquez a handmade neetie. Chocolate and cake were served late.
Commoner column urges skipping moralizing about New Year 1907 and focusing on practical improvement. Author promotes hope, light in dark places, and doing one’s duty to self family country and God rather than overlong resolutions.
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