Massacre News Blocked by Censor Interference
Censors interfered with reporting on a massacre, delaying coverage and suppressing details. Authorities and editors clash over timeliness and safety concerns as survivors seek accountability and justice.
20 Jun 1906
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1906
Page
1
Censors interfered with reporting on a massacre, delaying coverage and suppressing details. Authorities and editors clash over timeliness and safety concerns as survivors seek accountability and justice.
Reports describe a seven two hour massacre where mobs looted and burned Jewish homes while troops initially failed to intervene. About 100 Jews and 20 Christians killed with 150 Jews and seven Christians wounded as investigations seek source of the bomb and incitement.
The legislature approves a committee report detailing plans to subdivide reclaimed areas. Officials cite land use, zoning, and development implications while outlining next steps for municipal approvals and infrastructure provisions.
Senate debates the House substitute for Beveridge meat inspection, while Procter and Beveridge push for differences. Washington reports outline railroad coal investigations, Pattison funeral plans, and Layte fighting in the Philippines with Pulajanes killing officers and capturing a town.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Governor Pattison's death and widespread condolences. The item then shifts to a notice from Roswell New Mexico about Diamond Ice Company receivership and claim deadlines, followed by short ads and a concert program listing performers and pieces.
The article notes Jamestown Massachusetts? Maine’s Ancient Pemaguid settlement began August 1907, four months after Virginia’s Jamestown. It highlights a parallel with James Town Virginia and urges interest in New England’s early English settlement along the coast near Jamestown Island and the Pemaguid site.
The Roswell Commercial Club will hold its regular annual meeting tomorrow night at eight o'clock in the Clubrooms. Three directors will be elected and other business discussed. Also noted is Best developing and finishing for amateurs at Walton's studio, Quif.
In Constantinople on June 20 Marshal Feishi Pasha, commanding Turkish forces in Yemen, used his artillery against mutinous soldiers amid a broader rebellion by Arab forces. Whole companies deserted toward the coast, a stubborn clash followed by loyal troops overpowering the mutineers with heavy losses.
The Roswell City Band thanks the ladies of the Presbyterian church and local donors for assisting at last Friday's ice cream social that netted $20 after expenses. Members meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the courthouse to travel to the Slaughter farm for the Confederate picnic, bringing three sets of books.
Forecast for Roswell and vicinity calls for likely local showers tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures. New Mexico outlook shows fair weather tonight and Thursday, except possible showers in the eastern portion and cooler in the southeast.
Miss Adelia I. Morgan will present a Musicale at the M. E. Church South on Friday evening. The event offers vocal selections and hymns in a community gathering.
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for the statement of condition of all national banks as of the close of business Monday, June 18, in Washington.
Buck Robinson and his wife with Miss Estes daughter of Dr Estes, all of Hereford Texas, were seen in transit yesterday toward Artesia to visit a sister of Mrs Robinson.
No band concert Friday night on the Court House lawn. The band will perform several selections in front of the Methodist church before Miss Morgan's concert. Walton's Studio advertises finest portrait work in town. Ingersoll offers to buy railroad tickets.
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