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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1905
Page
1
A Sny der tornado disaster reports more than 100 dead casualties and the toll is rising as rescuers search wreckage and authorities warn of continuing danger. Local officials and emergency crews coordinate relief as families brace for updates.
May 12 reports from Snyder and South McAlester Oklahoma recount 95 bodies found, 35 missing, 115 seriously injured with 20 percent fatally hurt. Officials estimate total deaths exceed 100 and property losses reach at least 500000. Sam Schubert, theater manager, died after narrowly escaping the wreck.
Denver on May 11 reports the live stock growers convention completed the organization of the American Stock Growers Association. Membership is limited to actual producers. President Murdo MacKenzie was elected and named an executive committee of 22, with plans to grow to 30.
Chicago employers push back against a Teamsters strike by firing workers in other departments amid widespread job losses and growing hardship. The article notes calls for stronger Interstate Commerce powers, relief efforts for the homeless, and ongoing casualty counts from various disasters and incidents across several states.
Blue grass and alfalfa were brought to the Roswell Commercial Club for the first exhibit. W G Urton presented the Kentucky blue grass at three feet three and a half inches tall. Alfalfa was planted a year and six days prior, with a 27 inch root and 30 inch height above ground. Judge Pope presided over the district court hearing Theodore Berniaux’s insanity case, and the Salt Creek Sheep Company versus Phillip Milhiser suit for damages and injunction was discussed as ongoing. Widespread strike activity showed hundreds of wagons dispatched by strike bound houses and teamster ads in the papers. Kinley’s restaurant, once famed for presidential and royal banquets, is now a hotel housing non union colored and white teamsters.
A proposal argues that rate fixing should be submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The plan cites Stickney as a proponent, urging federal review to regulate and standardize charges across transport sectors.
Mr Stickney, president of the Chicago Great Western, asks the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to empower the ICC to set rates arguing it would prevent rebates disguised as elevator fees. He warns the commission would be free of competition pressure and capable of an equitable schedule. The piece also covers a Japanese themed social hosted by Mrs Veal with Geisha attendants and extensive decorations.
B M Hall supervising engineer of the U S Geological Survey left Snyder Oklahoma Territory shortly before a tornado devastated Snyder. He passed Roswell en route to Carlsbad and had been organizing surveying parties for summer work in Snyder Lawton and surrounding areas. Hall saw the storm cloud from Quanah Texas and is relieved to be safe, though the town was wiped out in the disaster.
The remains of the late R. E. Moore, who died of consumption, were shipped this afternoon from the Diley undertaking parlors to his old home in Alabama, accompanied by his brother. All burial arrangements had been made locally until a telegram requested the body be brought home. A. L. Willinson returned yesterday from a business trip to Dexter.
Roswell citizens show interest in the land opening in Jalisco Old Mexico. Uncle Johnnie Kingston and Jim Hurt have departed. Claude Bayiess Major Mark Howell and Joe Carper are set to depart tomorrow afternoon, with more travelers likely to follow.
Haynes & Bonney installed a 23 inch water wheel at their plant northwest of town on Spring River. The wheel delivers triple the previous power and is now in working order rendering splendid service.
A morning storm of hail wind and rain swept Marlow Duncan Rush Springs and Chickasha in Oklahoma Territory. About a dozen small houses were blown down and some substantial structures were unroofed. Glass shattered and one family was seriously hurt by building collapse.
A Thursday afternoon and evening social hosted by Mrs G T Veal at her Fifth street and Richardson avenue home featured a Japanese theme. Guests entered through canvas screened porch to a receiving room where Mrs Munford was honored. The dining room displayed Japanese umbrella motifs and a cherry themed table setting, with two young ushers in Japanese attire guiding visitors.
Philadelphia on May 12 reports an explosion of a United Gas Improvement Co tank. Two people are known dead and several are buried under debris. About fifty workers were nearby with around thirty unaccounted for. Two injured are dying, six painters on the tank are missing and presumed dead. only two bodies recovered so far.
Private dispatches from Zhitomir report as many as forty killed in the recent riots. The Volhynia governor has ordered troops to fire on anyone obstructing Jewish families, while the Official Messenger blames Jewish provocations and claims the emperor's portrait was used as a target during street clashes.
Roswell area forecasts expect fair weather tonight and Saturday with stationary temperatures. Official in charge M Wright notes no significant changes anticipated.
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