16 Nov 1904
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1904
Page
1
Testimony completed with jury to decide, drawing large crowds prison proceedings heighten drama. Witness details travel with Jones and Geaton last year, including a visit to a boarding house, a mattress at the stock yards, and limited memory of items shown, while cross examination questions the witnesses recollection and motives.
A Salvation Army paper by Commander Booth-Tucker on Turkish settlements was read. Col. W. C. P. Breckenridge, a noted Louisville lawyer, is reported stricken with apoplexy and in serious condition in Lexington.
President and former congressman Alton B Parker opened a law office in New York City. He was stricken at his desk today with apoplexy and his condition is considered serious.
Salida Colorado November 16 In a rear end collision at Valley on the Rio Grande line two tramps were killed. A third tramp was missing and it is believed the man was burned in the wreckage.
The article reports President Roosevelt ousting Nome Alaska district judges Frank H. Richards J S March and Melville C Brown after an investigation. It notes resignations requested from Nome district judges and details related to camp horses trucks and property transactions in Alaska during the incident.
Fire on the Bowery caused panic among three hundred workers as flames swept upper floors. Rescue ladders saved many women on the third floor while a man was reported missing. The blaze, likely from defective electrical insulation, destroyed the structure and consumed fourteen freight cars nearby.
Delegates from major California cities gather for the seventh annual League of California Municipalities convention in Santa Ana. Sessions run through Friday with topics including delinquent tax collection city beautification street maintenance and municipal accounting.
In Chicago on November 16 Charles Shyok a saloon keeper fired several times at his wife and child during his arraignment and then killed himself. The child was wounded but not seriously Mrs Shyok fainted but remained uninjured. The trial concerned family disturbances.
El Paso Texas November 16 the National Irrigation Congress opens with five sections meeting in different halls they will reconvene in a general session later.
Captain James, seriously ill for weeks, was placed aboard the sleeper this morning to receive treatment in Denver. He is accompanied by Robt Kellahin and Dr. C M Maves.
The report notes Mountain Beef sold at the Sacramento Meat Market and includes two references to the market’s phone number 425. The Bradley baby who was severely burned is reported as passing a good night and is considered much better today. A morning train ran about on time with little passenger business at the depot for weeks.
Roswell Produce and Seed Co advertises honey at 25 cents a quart and 50 cents a half gallon. An illness update for Mrs. Cliggp Whiteman says she is dangerously ill with pneumonia and slightly better after nine days in the course of the disease.
J. N. Davis left this morning for a short visit to his former home in Medicine Lodge Kansas. Cc. C. Emerson returned Monday evening from a trip to points north. Haroli Hurd and family returned to Roswell after an extended visit.
Advertisements list Lamb at the Sacramento Meat Market with phone 425. The New York Store offers hats at 1.00 and 0.75 after sale. A light gray overcoat is missing on South Main Street or South Hill and can be returned to Dilley’s furniture store or by calling 168.
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