23 Mar 1906
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
1
Senators Beveridge Dillingham and Patterson were appointed as Senate conferees on the statehood bill. The House action follows an earlier session where debate on the conference selections and Senate representation continued. An election column notes W C Burrus seeking county assessor as a Democrat with a strong record.
An insane woman who buried her child alive has been formally declared insane by court order. The ruling classifies her as mentally unfit to stand trial and aims to protect the public while proceedings continue.
Mrs Mae Aikin, who admitted burying her eight months old son near Lakewood, was found not guilty by the jury on March 23. The verdict, reached in less than thirty minutes, accepts the defense's insanity plea and commits her to the Territorial asylum under Judge Wm H Pope. Her husband, present at trial, was found blameless by the grand jury.
Justice O Sullivan holds larceny in contributions from life insurance officers to campaigns. Jerome faults officials and seeks indictments against New York Life's W Perkins and RNC leaders Cortelyou and Bliss. Drainage and irrigation projects face scrutiny as government lands join reclamation plans.
Discussion of swamp reclamation led by Representative Steenerson Minnesota aims to drain and convert vast swamp lands into farms. The Steenerson bill would authorize reclamation using irrigation law principles, with the Klamath project cited as a model for draining tule land into over a thousand farms. A broader program would mobilize Geological Survey and Reclamation Service work to drain hundreds of millions of acres nationwide. Separately, Hadley Missouri seeks to oust Standard Oil backed firms after a resumed Missouri hearing following a signed stipulation for tomorrow morning.
Grace Zellner, 28, a society woman and church leader, was shot and killed by her former sweetheart Roy Shanks in Mansfield Ohio. Shanks then killed himself. Authorities note she had resisted marriage demands amid parental opposition.
A petitioner seeks a nomina tion in Chaves County court challenging the current slate. The filing indicates ongoing moves to secure a place on the ballot and defines the legal steps ahead for the candidate.
Fairmount West Virginia March 23 This morning officials believe the deaths from yesterday s Century Coal Co explosion will not exceed ten Six of the dead are foreigners About 70 men were in the mine at the time and all but 12 have been accounted for Grafton West Virginia March 23 Twenty one miners are believed to have died in the Century mine explosion Eleven bodies had been recovered by noon with ten still missing The dead are mostly foreigners The blast is blamed on gas accumulation
Poplar Bluff reports Curtis Jackson a Black man died today following a February assault on a white woman and a jail invasion by a mob that left him nearly fatally harmed after arrest.
Henry M. Til form and J. C. Arnold of Standard Oil were declared in default for failing to appear before Commissioner Sanborn in a case brought by the Attorney.
Local observation from Roswell New Mexico at 6 am reports a maximum 72 and minimum 40 with mean 56 and no precipitation. Winds from the south at 4 mph. Forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with stationary temperatures and possible local rain or snow in the northern portion of the state.
The notice invites buyers to purchase railroad tickets at favorable prices from Ingersoll’s Book Store. The advertised sale emphasizes quick processing and best available rates for customers seeking R. R. tickets.
Dr Charles L Marsden and Wm D Mahoney of Chicago arrived to arrange a woolen mill in Roswell to process regional wool. They will visit Lake Arthur for a few days, with the Commercial Club handling the matter in the interim.
Manila dispatch says American Spanish and native press agree Wood was not at fault in the Mt Dajo battle and that killings of women and children were unavoidable. They regret misrepresentation by a portion of the American press.
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