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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
2
The text is a garbled OCR collage listing scattered names, events, and phrases from early 20th century discourse. It mentions Wiley, Kipling, Alfred Astin, Komura, Paul Morton, possible autumn visits, Japs, kings, and political figures, with stray notes on crimes, fires, ships, and social scenes.
Balzar Bros sheepmen jailed over alleged theft from M. M. Romero's Las Canchas ranch. Gallup schools plan building and grounds upgrades plus two additional years to high school. Grant county cattlemen protest new Interior grazing fee rule. Archdiocese will appoint trustees and a mixed list of officials receive new posts. Santa Fe plans two story brick office and new freight depot. Las Vegas grants street railway franchise with major upgrades. Roosevelt and Union counties face cattle quarantine. highway work near Law Vexux progresses. prisoners build a road to Masonic cemetery. Governor appoints trustees for state institutions. fruit growers form association in Espanola valley. various crime and transport items across the territory.
An official notice from J Ruppe president of the New Mexico Association of Firemen announces the fifth annual convention to meet in Las Vegas on Tuesday September 2 1905 at 10 o clock a m Volunteer Paid and Exempt firemen are urged to join vote and pay dues to strengthen the association and support sick disabled widows and orphans A tournament and program are planned with papers on new apparatus and invited visitors from other states
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports a Roswell gathering forming the Old Settlers Society for Pecos valley residents with twenty years or more in the region. Over 100 registered. J J Haberman, born in Las Cruces in 1871, noted among leading members. The piece also mentions agricultural prospects and community events in northern New Mexico.
An Old Settlers' Society formed in Roswell gathers men who have spent at least twenty years in the Pecos valley. The group, listing over 100 members, plans a picnic inviting up to 2,000 guests with food donated to feed 5,000.
Local mining and stock interests in southwest New Mexico oppose extending Gila forest reserve boundaries while the New Mexican argues reserves bring long term value to the state. Officials urge accommodation as rules are applied to a vast arid region with thousands of residents. Police report an attempted kidnapping and a fatal-then-fatal fight near Roosevelt County.
A report outlines Russia’s proposed national assembly as a consultative body linked to the Council of the Empire. It would not be a legislative organ, keep the Emperor as supreme lawgiver, and grant limited suffrage based on property. The Douma would have advisory powers and budget scrutiny, with a five year term and sessions controlled by the Emperor. President Roosevelt.
A troubled peace conference faces stagnation as Roosevelt urges compromise with Japan. Baron de Rosen and M. Witte weighed the president's proposals while Tokyo demands persist. Analysts peg possible settlements around the Chinese Eastern railway, warship surrender, and cash for costs, but progress remains unclear.
Reports from Portsmouth New Hampshire on August 1 indicate slim chances for a Washington peace conference as Japan remains firm on its minimum terms. Officials expected the plenipotentiaries to meet Tuesday to sign the final protocol and bid farewell, with pressure from Tokyo and St Petersburg aiming to moderate demands.
An explosive package sent to J Loeb & Co. implicated banker Jacob Schiff while a second device addressed to M Guggenheim's Sons arrived at their Broadway office. Investigators noted 31 grains of high explosive and two loaded cartridges. Police treated initial reports as a mockery until art experts verified the risks.
Wend Jay of Cleveland suffered probable fatal injuries after his car crashed through a fence at Kenilworth Park during a ten mile race. His machine plunged down a 15 foot embankment into a pond as dust blinded him. he was racing with Lytle and Burma and was near third place at three quarters of a mile. The cause remains unknown.
At a National Association of Railway Commissioners meeting in Deadwood South Dakota on August 21 the resolutions call for filing and publishing railroad rates, empower curbs on unjust rates, halt discriminatory practices, require preapproval for rate increases, compel book disclosure, regulate private car owners, amend section 4 of the act to regulate commerce, and impose strict penalties on noncompliant corporations.
Vincen Walsh, son of Thomas F. Walsh of Washington D C, died when his Mercedes smashed through a rail fence and plunged into a creek after leaving a Clam Bake Club luncheon. Evelyn Walsh was seriously hurt along with Harry Oetrichs and Herbert Pell. James L. Kernocha and others injured. Police witnessed the speeding car before it vanished behind a hill.
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