Japs Enter a Protest Object to Peace Meeting
A fragment notes a protest object by Japanese participants as they attend a peace meeting. Details are sparse but the item signals dissent or disruption during discussions on peace efforts.
14 Jun 1905
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1905
Page
1
A fragment notes a protest object by Japanese participants as they attend a peace meeting. Details are sparse but the item signals dissent or disruption during discussions on peace efforts.
The report notes President Roosevelt met Russian ambassador Count Cassini at the White House for fifty minutes. Cassini said no discussion of peace terms or conference time occurred, and negotiations are continuing smoothly though location and schedule remain undecided. Local Russia situation seen as worsening. Paris peace talks considered unlikely.
Kansas City reports cattle receipts near 7000 with 1500 southern. market weak to 10c lower. Native steers 4.25 5.85. southern steers 3.00 5.00. cows and heifers 2.25 5.00. stockers 3.0 4.50. calves 3.00 5.75. westerns 4.25 5.50. Sheep receipts 6500, market 5 to 10c lower. muttons 4.25 5.50. lambs 5.75 7.10. wethers 4.50 5.25. red ewes 4.25 4.50. St Louis wool steady and unchanged.
David Blaum arrived from Hager man this morning to attend his brother's funeral. An obituary note on the brother's death appears elsewhere in this issue.
Mr and Mrs McElroy arrived this morning from Barstow Texas for a month long visit with Mrs McElroy s father J S Lenox in the city.
Royal E Wilkerson manager of the Alery Furniture Ar tesia store came by yesterday and will stay a few days. Miss Stella Imel from Dodge City Kan visits Rev and Mrs Wm Reace for a couple of weeks. J M Peacock left for Kenna to begin a ranch outing for two weeks. Miss A L Gibbons of Chicago, visiting her sister Mrs W R Walton, departs for home then heads to Europe for a multi month tour.
A Topeka dispatch reports Mrs. George Campbell wife of a prominent ranchman four miles west of Tucumcari New Mexico went insane last evening Seizing a rifle she chased her husband away from home and after sending her five children to safety she shot herself fatally in the head with a bullet The tragedy occurred as help was being summoned and the husband returned with helpers.
Pekin on June 14 reports that Chinese merchants view calls to boycott American foods as based on a misconception about U S intentions on exclusion. Both sides agree the core issue is treatment of coolies and the act itself. The boycott is unlikely to gain seriousness and the convention planning will require time.
Louisville June 14 The United Sons of Confederate Veterans assembled in Hopkins Hall with a modest turnout. Past Commander in Chief T P Stone of Waco responded to the Ex coming address while Col N R Tisdal of Rusk delivered the main speech. Louisville welcomed thousands attending the United Confederate Veterans reunion and preparations for housing the veterans were described as on an Irish scale.
Thomas B. Clement, president of the defunct First National Bank of Faribault, was arraigned in U S District Court at St Paul on 18 counts and pleaded not guilty. The judge overruled demurrers and he entered another not guilty plea.
Ready for work at Texico, men and material arrive for the labor of building the cut-off. Twenty five men have been brought in to begin the project and advance the road construction efforts.
J H Stinson roadmaster for Pecos Valley and Northeastern arrived to supervise a new switch and 300 foot side track at Riverside for Honde Sand Stone Manufacturing Co. Also noted are travel updates and a Swedish Norwegian affairs brief with a fatality in Roswell.
C E Grunsky consulting engineer to the U S Reclamation Service arrived in the city last night and today joined W M Reed to inspect Honda reservoir work. Grunsky will travel to Carlsbad tomorrow with Reed and then to other Southwest sites focusing on projects influencing international relations. He plans a later trip to the Rio Grande region.
The Presbyterian church hosts a prayer meeting tonight on How Christ Illustrated Truth. The session aims to aid Sunday school workers and invites those involved in Sunday school work. Prayer begins at eight o clock.
Shoppers carried 09a per or the grocery ad to remember items as they visited The Record's big Saturday and Monday Gus store sale. The visible demand showed real value in the advertised bargains.
More than six inches of rain drenched Pecos City on Monday causing widespread flooding with as much as three feet of water in the business district. The Pecos Valley railroad line suffered washouts extending about three hundred feet along the tracks.
United States Geological Survey engineer B M Hall with HQ in Carlsbad passed Roswell last night en route home from El Paso Phoenix Denver Montrose and other points. Lee Shupe of Denver called on the jewelry trade as a representative of Charles Wathen Company. N A Olympius of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company arrived from Denver on business.
J D Render files a district court damage suit against J A Cottingham seeking fifteen thousand dollars for slanderous statements made after the Cottingham vs Render trial in the May term. The complaint cites ten thousand dollars for Render’s counter claim and two and a half thousand for alleged remarks about the original suit, totaling fifteen thousand dollars.
C F Matthews arrived this morning from Lake Arthur to spend the day. Roland Coggin, a late settler from Brownwood Texas, was up from Lake Arthur today.
An old ad promotes buying bluegrass seed at Alameda Green House for 20 cents per pound. It frames a rally on business and ties seed purchase to benefiting from rain, suggesting local weather and agricultural planning.
Frederick Arnold and Newton Andrew, both sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs Amanda Youngblood in Niver Colorado, face execution this week as the governor returns from a penitentiary visit with no reprieve for the two men and their last hope exhausted.
An evening northbound passenger train arriving an hour and a half late struck a sudden hail and rain squall at Kenna yesterday. The storm burst from a single large cloud and was brief. No damage reported. Invitations were extended for a Governor’s Reception. Citizens of Roswell received invites to a smoker and reception at the Old Palace in Santa Fe on Wednesday night honoring Governor Miguel Antonio Otero. The reception marked the close of his eighth year and second term as governor. His second term has expired, but a successor has not yet been appointed. he will serve until the new governor is named.
Walton Photographer offers a full line of Pecos Valley views, expanding regional photo coverage and postcard options for collectors and buyers seeking local scenery and historic imagery.
Albert and Clay Petty returned from Kansas City after two weeks with a cattle shipment. They visited the big Missouri town to dispose of cattle. L. J. Beard returned from a trip through Kansas City Wichita Wellington and other towns, inspecting cattle at Elkins as part of his work.
J A Fuller of Lakewood transacted business in Roswell today. Albert Eweld from Lake Arthur and George Faurot from Dexer visited for the day. H L Davis and Horace Laughter Beck from Elida visited friends. An advertiser touts a 200 season sale with goods and prices, drawing buyers. Mayor returned from Mikins after three weeks helping with cattle interests. Earl Patterson came back from Carlsbad, John C Peek from Elkins, J M Reid deputy sheriff returns from Hagerman on legal business. SORRENT large cool front room, 110 N Richardson Ave. 8913.
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