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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
10
A readout of scattered items, jokes, and brief notices from a Wyoming page. Mentions Breland and New York humorists, suicide, wage talks, Japan, King Edward, and various worldly curiosities. Several references to military and political topics, with fragmented sentences and mixed topics.
A Japanese account honors Captain Rodionof of the Nakat moff for gallantry during a fierce engagement. The Nakhimneff sustained heavy damage, was torpedoed, and drifted toward Taushima as Japanese forces closed in. Rodionof refused to abandon his vessel, staying aboard with his navigator until the ship sank. Both men were rescued, clinging together in the water.
A Montana attorney exhumed a corpse and presented the head to Governor Toole to prove Milton Howell did not shoot Thomas Rowling from behind. The bold act helped secure clemency and a life sentence reduction. The petition, signed by about 800 Ferguson County residents and others from Meagher Yelllowstone Neer Lodge and Texas, marks one of the largest such efforts in Montana.
Reports from ward hospitals indicate only one death from Sunday night grade crossing accident in Cleveland, but six of the injured may die. A six-year-old girl was killed. her father James Martin and other family members injured.
In Oyster Bay an executive of a great power welcomed Russia and Japan on a mission of peace. President Roosevelt hosted the envoys and plenipotentiaries at a formal luncheon. He toasted for a just lasting peace between the two nations and all civilized mankind.
A New York riot between Hip Sing Tong and rival Chinese societies at a Dover Street theatre killed three and left two others fatally wounded while many were injured. Police arrested over enough Chinese district residents to fill nearby stations as the fight erupted among about 400 spectators. Armed gunmen concealed under robes fired as crowds panicked during the confrontation.
In San Francisco John A Logan Bell aged 28 shot and killed his stepfather 65 year old Joseph Bartlett a fruit paddler and Bell’s employer after a quarrel escalated. Bartlett wrested an axe cutting Bell and struck Mrs Bartlett who fainted Bell then retrieved a pistol and killed Bartlett in the breast. The pair were taken into custody.
Rumors from Korea describe a simultaneous Japanese push from Kuanchodary toward Musariet and Pintsabani passes while Russian detachments contain northward pressure. Russian losses are described as insignificant. Japanese warships patrol near Peter the Great bay as Vladivostok is seen from nearby islands. Chinese reports note active Japanese diplomacy in southern Manchuria and a growing settlement drive at Yinkow with thousands of Japanese settlers and traders expected to follow the army.
Two alleged killers Willian Horn and George were lynched by a mob after a Friday morning murder of J. G. Smith. Horn escaped briefly, Ed Lewis alias Brook held, Brock whipped to extract Horn's location but refused. The mob hanged the two suspects from a nearby limb as night fell.
A cryptic OCR fragment reports a subway train incident in New York involving named individuals and a congressman from Kentucky. The text references a midtown area and a recent event, with distorted names and unclear details.
One man dies at New York detention hospital from yellow fever Sunday the first summer transit case and second death. William B. Smith a pantryman from the steamer Advance from Colon last Thursday dies with acute yellow fever. Nine suspects were taken with him seven others under inspection. Health Officer Doty notes no cases from U S fever districts with Panama supplying all cases.
In Portland Oregon a federal jury failed to agree after more than forty hours of deliberation in the Unity of States versus Congressman J N Williamson De Van Gesaney and former U S Commissioner Marion Higgs. The jury had been discharged at the prior trial after nearly two days of talks.
Washington officials disclosed a rigid probe into the animal industry bureau after chief Deth F. Salmon admitted being a silent partner before 1902 with George Ki. Howard of the Howard Printing company, linked to meat inspection label contracts.
In Arkansas near Lewisville Kinney, a Black man, was fatally wounded after a fierce pursuit by a posse and surrounding citizens. Earlier, Kinney shot at Greensburg residents and two men were seriously wounded. A large search with about fifteen hundred dollars offered for Kinney’s capture ended when he was found in a river bottom post near Doella.
The Times reports Japan will not relinquish Manchuria amid negotiations. Secret preparations push a railroad extension from Fusan to Seoul across the Yalu into Manchuria, with an eastern rail connection at Liaoyang. Bush orders placed for 350 steel bridges 160 locomotives and 2900 cars.
In Oakland Gal Ferey Pembroke a 16 year old boy confessed to Sheriff Barnet detailing the plan to ambush and murder Thomas W Cook. Pembroke and two others John Sneider and George Blaker allegedly robbed and assaulted Cook while Crowhurst was exonerated.
On the northern Korean coast Wednesday morning, two Russian torpedo boat destroyers attacked the Kelsha, a mall merchant steamer. They fired sixty shots, seven striking the engine room and bridge, killing the captain and a boy and wounding two crew members. The destroyers stopped firing and steamed toward Vladivostok while the Keisho escaped.
A passenger train No 27 wrecked near the car chutes in Pleasant Hill Missouri injuring engineer Frank Berry Bodalia and passenger Raymond. Berry, in charge of a swivel engine, jumped from the yard wall when the train approached at about thirty five miles per hour.
A sweeping railway strike cripples services on the Union Pacific and Northern lines. Hundreds of workers walk out, delaying passenger and time freight as schedules collapse on the western divisions. Express carriers move perishable goods amid prepayment demands and late delivery guarantees vanish. Officials predict the strike will last ten days while bureaus recruit replacements in major western cities.
Sergius Witte, Russia’s lead plenipotentiary to the Washington conference, arrived in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. He, greeted by the Russian consul general and a crowd of journalists, delivered a greeting via Professor De Martens and received an ovation before viewing the Statue of Liberty.
World reports a possible national strike against American Bridge company with potential impact on more than 50000 workers if called. Frank Buchanan of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers is arriving in New York to lead coordination during the dispute.
A Nogales Oasis letter from Yaquia outlines ongoing peace negotiations between Yarqui Indians and the Mexican government. Couriers travel across the state urging Yaqui Tadians to cease depredations until a conference at Ures between Yaqui leaders and Mexican representatives is held in a few days.
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