Made It Roswell Wins Another Ball Game
Roswell team delivered a strong performance Saturday securing another baseball victory. Coach and players celebrated a solid win with solid hitting and defense.
08 May 1905
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1905
Page
1
Roswell team delivered a strong performance Saturday securing another baseball victory. Coach and players celebrated a solid win with solid hitting and defense.
In Roswell the New Mexico Military Institute beat Alva Oklahoma Normal 5 to 1 to clinch a three game series. Kunz hit a home run, McWhorter a three bagger, and Roswell benefited from early runs and late innings errors. Attendance reached eight hundred. receipts fell short of expenses by about 23 dollars, covered from the reserve fund.
A posse attacked a location. Collins was killed and Rudolph captured and later hanged after trials in Hartford. Rudolph escaped during the trial, received two reprieves, and efforts to save him failed. Collins was sentenced to death, Rudolph was later sentenced and reprieved. News notes Albuquerque’s baseball team unable to come.
A train on Electric Road collided with a siding loaded with freight cars en route to Roswell for games this month or soon. E M Hall supervising engineer of the U S G S for New Mexico Oklahoma and Western Texas passed through Roswell en route to Snyder to oversee summer surveying work. B H Tallmadge returned from Dexter where he had been with an excursion party. There are
Roswell authorities announce plans to advance construction of an emergency medical facility. City officials say the upgrade will improve urgent care capacity, with funding approved and timelines under review.
News from multiple fronts notes a looming land campaign as battleships and fleets converge. Reports from Vineyard Haven and Amoy describe Japanese and French tensions, while a fogbound ship collision near Boston results in one missing passenger.
Excerpt describes Thousand The Tallmadge excursion on the north with B H accompanying. It notes about two thousand acres of land sold and denies rumors of Tallmadge control of the Valley. It mentions campaigns in the Hagerman to Lakewood area and a large upcoming Pecos Valley excursion. C L Tallmadge and another Tallmadge member are in Waukesha Wisconsin hospital recovering from spring work.
Directors of the Roswell Commercial Club meet at 8 o clock tonight at the Club rooms to consider the committee report on sinking a deep well and selecting a location. All interested parties are invited to attend.
Mrs J A Norman rushed to Elida after a Sunday night railroad accident in which brakeman W A Gossett had his leg severed. He is related to Conductor Gossett and both are well known locally. Details were not released in the message.
Fine Main Street parcels offered by Carl ton Bros at room 12 Oklahoma Block. Ed S. Seay purchases all interest of John F. Matheson in Roswell scouring mill business and dissolves partnership this day May 6 1905. John F. Matheson Ed S. Seay. 5713
An enlarged photograph by Walton the Photographer adorns the window of E. H. Williams & Co. The splendid image features the Military Institute baseball team and showcases fine workmanship.
The Record Publishing Co. discloses that only J. A. B. Bear and C. P. Evans are empowered to solicit advertisements and collect for The Record Publishing Co. This notice names the sole agents permitted to handle business for the publication.
Joe Addington and W A Baker were up from Dexter today on business.
B D Garner, dry goods manager, leaves for Trinidad on business and likely visits Denver and Indian country to buy a large line of Indian goods for the Joyce-Pruit store.
Gates, organizer for the A O U W, arrived Sunday from Carlsbad where he had organized a lodge with 37 members. He boosted Roswell lodge membership during a several day visit before his return to Carlsbad.
C A Overholt of Burlington Iowa arrived Sunday after joining a party of land buyers along the valley. He is associated with a major excursion company aiding in populating the valley with new settlers.
Mrs Florence Bonner of Carlsbad, who has been visiting Miss Mabel Hodgson and Mrs Sam Brame and serving as assistant court stenographer for Judge Pope, departed Sunday for Amarillo and other points in Texas to visit.
New York May 8 American Minister to Venezuela Herbert W L Bowen arrived on the steamship Philadelphia and said he would report to Washington before commenting on the Venezuelan affair. He inquired about the Loomis charges but declined further discussion.
Carlton Bros offer bargains on improved city property and lots in most town sections, inviting prospective buyers to see them before purchasing.
Reports from Paris indicate Japanese minister Montojo discussed neutrality breaches with Foreign Minister Del Casse amid rising tension. In Lodz police found two large bombs at a worker’s home, with family present and four armed men nearby. Saigon notes the Kostroma hospital ship arriving signaling Russian Pacific squadron movement. St. Petersburg reports a painters strike victory, with only one paper printing. Berne covers an international labor conference with delegates from Europe gathering at the Swiss invitation.
In Chicago on May 8 two Fryen brothers and a colored man were stabbed in the abdomen during a strike clash. The assailant, a presumed strike-breaker, escaped and his identity remains unknown.
L. Karns of Coffeyville Kansas arrived Sunday and will stay a few days in the city seeking work for his drilling machines, noting many idle rigs in Kansas oil regions.
Hon. Jerry Simpson left Sunday for Bloomington and other points in Illinois, on a visit of several days, in the interest of the Pecos Valley and his land business. County Commissioner Thos. D. White left Sunday for Denver to attend the American Stock Growers' convention, which is to be held in that city May 9, 10 and 11. Miss Karma Temple entertained a number of her little friends at her home on Military Heights Saturday afternoon, on the occasion of her 10th birthday.
In Union Missouri on May 8 William Rudolph was hanged at 16 01 o clock for involvement with George Collins in the January 1903 killing of Detective Charles J Schumacher at Rudolph s home near Stanton. The pair had robbed a bark and fired on bystanders during their escape. Schumacher traced them to Rudolph s wooded residence.
Miss Miriam Doyle arrived from Chicago to visit her sister and brother living at 1309 North Kentucky Avenue South Tall. F. S. Mundy returned to Hernandez Lake this morning and took J. E. Koonce to work on Mundy’s ranch. W. M. Lay and B. L. Ware traveled from Amarillo last night for a short visit.
Bert Robey T. and Coffman Miss Tee ple M. H. Blaine and J. C. Scott were up from Artesia this morning.
The Charles Brown versus J F Page realty commission case was called in district court before Judge Pope. Theo Berniaux and J H Wilson appeared to be adjudged as of unsound mind.
The Woman's Club will meet Wednesday at 2 30 PM in St Andrews Hall. The program centers on current items with a focus on bringing attendees with items of interest to share.
Jefferson Greenwade 45 died last night at nine in South Roswell of tuberculosis. He had been here briefly for his health. Remains to be shipped to Wichita Kansas by Ulery undertaking for burial tomorrow. He was a Spanish American War veteran and leaves a widow and one daughter.
Rev H F Vermillion new pastor of the Baptist church left for McKinney Texas to attend his mother's funeral after receiving word she had died at her Greenville Texas home.
Bernard Gunsul promotes electrical work in Roswell claiming to have fitted out 150 residences. He invites interested residents to contact him at phone 141.58. The notice also mentions a Baptist church tea at Mrs. J. G. Hedgcoxe's residence on South Pennsylvania tomorrow afternoon from 3 to, and references a write-up of the ex-Confederate picnic and the union church services held last night to be continued tomorrow.
Andrew Dooley Charles Sedgwick Judge W E Rodgers A B Wright C M Smith C F Mathews and A Flynn were in the crowd that came up from Lake Arthur this morning to spend the day.
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