Mrs Emma Booth Tucker Dies in Collision
Mrs Emma Booth Tucker is killed in a wreck reported in today’s notices. The crash occurred on a road near the city, with emergency crews at the scene and investigators starting inquiries.
29 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1903
Page
1
Mrs Emma Booth Tucker is killed in a wreck reported in today’s notices. The crash occurred on a road near the city, with emergency crews at the scene and investigators starting inquiries.
Emma Booth Tucker wife of Salvation Army commander and daughter of its founder died in a Santa Fe express wreck eighty five miles east of Kansas City. Col Thomas C Holland was fatally injured and fourteen others seriously hurt. The crash was blamed on a brake dropping from the forward sleeper and derailing the train. The injured were taken to Fort Madison Iowa and Chicago awaited Commander Booth Tucker’s arrival. Local reports name dozens affected and detail the wreck near Dean Lake with Open switch.
A Blo tographers Association of California opens today and runs through the end of the week. The event brings together photographers and related exhibitors across the region for showcases and demonstrations.
The article notes the organization’s first convention is assured to succeed and mentions a large exhibition of fine arts accompanying the event. It highlights the combination of convention and exhibition and emphasizes high quality products on display.
Armenians in New York discuss the London murder of Sagundi claiming he led Armenia's revolutionary faction and was killed by a government assassin. They say twelve Armenian leaders are targeted by the same government though names are withheld for safety.
Two men stealing a ride on a Union Pacific freight were robbed and thrown from a moving train by companions who later shot another man in the Thirty-eighth Street railroad yards. The victims, including an old man, begged for mercy as they were forced from the car. An Italian bystander was challenged at gunpoint but escaped. shots fired led to several arrests. The Cann ers in Chicago join the sausage makers.
In Chicago on October 2 the packers walked out and joined the sausage strikers, swelling idle workers at the stock yards to about 2400. Reports say over 2000 more set to join, while nightly political rallies in Carnegie Hall Cooper Union Tam many Hall and other venues draw crowds rivaling Madison Square Garden as tensions mount between Fusionists and Tammany Hall amid a heated mayoral race.
Depositors in St Louis show growing satisfaction as banking concerns ease. Officials report stability and renewed confidence following recent measures and assurances.
In St Louis on October 29 crowds at trust company buildings are sparse as the prior days spike in gold transfer from New York appears settled. Normal business resumes with the episode now history.
The testimony centers on who could command troops in the camp and whether Adjutant General Bell overstepped the governor when issuing an executive order. Major McClelland and Captain Burg are cited as witnesses regarding obedience to direct versus indirect command.
In Basalt Colorado on October 29 Mrs. John B Sheppard wife of a Colorado Midland engineer fired upon four Mexican herders who rode with a cattle caravan from Thomasville to Utah. Sheppard shot Jose Chacon and his son Antonio as they pursued her into her yard. Chacon is believed mortally wounded and all four men were arrested amid talk of a lynching.
Secretary Hitchcock announced in Washington that three more persons were indicted in Oregon for public frauds. Seven indictments were returned in the past week with more expected. Investigations span Montana Nevada and eastward, revealing carloads moved east to file under timber and stone acts and numerous flagrant violations found.
Judge William H. Pope and staff traveled to Carlsbad where the court will adjourn today. They plan to return here tomorrow morning and court will resume at 9:50.
London October 29 Sir Thomas Lip ton withdraws his offer to present the Trans Atlantic yacht race cup for 1904 and makes way for Emperor William who will present the cup through the New York Club Atlantic club.
A conference began to form a National Federation of Employers Association to address labor troubles. J C Craig of the Denver Citizens’ Magazine attended among others.
In Bilboa Spain rioters erect barricades while troops struggle to contain the unrest. The mob uses dynamite and other means of destruction. Six people were killed and more than a hundred injured in yesterday’s clashes as reinforcement and continued fighting unfold.
Two Russian Yushen Kaisha steamers Progress and Tokai Maru collided off Japan in fog. Tokai Maru sank. about 100 aboard, 56 rescued.
Scranton observed Mitchell Day with every anthracite mine shut and a mammoth parade of over thirty thousand miners. Speeches by several United Mine Workers officials followed the procession in the city.
With four days before voting both parties in Greater New York’s contest pull out all stops. The city’s fierce campaign draws intense public interest as even Dowie’s large rally fails to shift attention from the race for control.
In a letter dated October 25 from Douglas, Arizona the writer reports a successful preaching tour to awaken interest in Jehovah's Son gospel. He praises Roswell as a top western town, notes a growing church here, and hopes to return home by November 1 to resume his pulpit duties.
The Canadian general convention of the Young Women's Christian Association opened in Toronto with a large attendance and an extraordinary display of enthusiasm. Prominent association workers from across the Dominion attended, and Margaret E. Sangster plus U S delegates received a rousing reception.
An official dispatch from Mukden reports Russian troops re occupying the guard houses in the town amid Chinese authorities failing to keep promises amid general ferment and excitement in the area.
The Missouri Library Association convenes its fourth annual meeting in St Joseph with members from across the state. The two day program features papers and discussions on library organization, maintenance and management, plus focus on school libraries study clubs and small libraries. J F Longton of the St Louis Public Library presides.
In Buffalo the iron and steel committee of the Central Freight association gathered to set up rail rates for steel rails east and west. The aim is to correct inequalities caused by Buffalo based rail industries, as the Johns town to New York route runs 26 cents higher than from Johnstown and Pittsburg to Buffalo.
The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church began its national convention in Grace M. E. Church Baltimore on October 29. Delegates and missionaries from South America Mexico Japan China India and other fields attended as routine business started. Bishop Cyrus D. Foss presided with Thoburn Elizabeth R. Bender of Japan among speakers as sessions run through the week with morning business and afternoon addresses.
Markets show mixed quotes in Texas feeders and Western steers with sheep steady. Chicago closes wheat at about 81 to 80 cents, corn around 43 to 36 cents with futures activity. Lard and hams edge higher while wool and tin values move modestly in St Louis territory markets.
Ignatius L. Qualey, president of the Horse Shoe Copper Mining Company, was sentenced by Justice Davis to one year in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to swindling by selling worthless stock. Larry Summerfield, the plan's originator, faces trial Monday.
Denver October 29. After a four day recess the court martial of Brigadier General Chase resumes. Two witnesses testified in the forenoon about the second charge of disobedience and insubordination. Col. Verdeck-
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