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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
2
A jumble of peculiar notes and light gossip from New York to Chicago covers politics, humor, and odd facts. Articles reference a suicide, a vegetarian salary, royalty, and travel plans, with scattered observations on trains, markets, and military life.
Wartime dispatch praises Captain Rodionof of the Nakhtmorff for gallantry during battle. The Nakhimneff endured heavy fire and torpedo attacks, went disabled, and drifted toward Taushima. Rodionof stayed aboard with his navigator, resisted boarding attempts, and perished as the ship sank, but both men were later found alive in the water embracing each other.
A Montana petition signed by hundreds seeks full pardon for Milton Howell, life prisoner in the murder of Thomas Rowling. Howell’s attorney, W. B. Cart of Los Angeles, had the body of Rosling exhumed and the head sent to Governor Toole in Helena to prove the man was not shot from behind, leading the governor to commute the sentence.
Reports from Cleveland ward hospitals show at least one death and six likely to die after Sunday night grade crossing crash. About twenty passengers on the street car sustained injuries. James Martin’s family suffered severe losses including a dead daughter and injured wife and two other children.
In Oyster Bay Saturday, Russians and Japanese exchanged cordial gestures as their envoys met. President Roosevelt hosted a luncheon and introduced the plenipotentiaries, expressing hope for a just and lasting peace between the two powers and all civilized nations. The event combined pomp with simple American frankness.
A clash in Dover Street Chinatown between Hip Sing Tong and rival Chinese societies ended with three killed and several wounded. Police arrested numerous Chinese district residents after breaking up the riot at the Chinese theatre, which housed about 400 visitors packed with guests from across the city. The Hip Sing Tong allegedly opened fire with concealed revolvers, provoking a deadly backfire from opponents.
In San Francisco John A Logan Bell 28 shot and killed his stepfather Joseph Bartlett 65 after a quarrel at Bartlett’s fruit paddling business. Bartlett wrested an axe from Bell and struck him. Bell retrieved a small knife, then shot Bartlett in the breast. Bartlett’s wife fainted and Bell fled. both were taken into custody.
Dispatches describe Japanese simultaneous advances from Kuanchodary against Musariet and Pintsabani passes while Russian columns resist under pressure. Reports claim Japanese warships near Peter the Great Bay Vladivostok and increased activity in southern Manchuria with settlers and trade expected.
In Mattienburg near Wat gas, J. G. Smith was killed Friday morning by two African American assailants named Willian Horn and Kid George. Horn escaped but was captured with Ed Lewis alias Brook who helped remove the shackles. They were jailed but brutally whipped Brock to reveal Horn’s whereabouts. he refused. A night mob seized both suspects, dragging them from the jail and hanging them in the village glare of electric lights.
A chaotic snippet reports a decapitation incident linked to a subway train near mid day Friday. Names and places are garbled, but mentions New York and Kentucky figures alongside an event tied to a Roosevelt, with references to a railroad project and a faded list of numbers within a broader street bulletin.
New York reports a yellow fever death at a quarantine hospital marking the first summer case on incoming ships and the second death. William B. Smith, pantryman, died after being taken from the steamer Advance from Colon with nine suspects. Seven others remain under inspection. Health Officer Doty notes no cases from U.S. fever districts, Panama supplying the cases.
A Portland jury in United States district court reported it could not reach a verdict after over forty hours of deliberation in the Unity of States case against Congressman J N Williamson De Van Gesaney and former U S Commissioner Marion Higgs charged with conspiracy to suborn perjury tied to alleged swearing Megally of part of the public domain. The prior trial also ended with a discharged jury after nearly two days of deliberations.
Washington sources report Secretary Wilson disclosed a strict probe into the animal industry bureau affairs after chief Deth Salmon confessed prior to 1902 he was a silent partner with George Ki Howard of Howard Printing Co, which held meat inspection label contracts.
In Lawrence County Arkansas a violent confrontation ends with Kinney fatally wounded near a river bottom south of Lewisville after a gun battle with pursuing posse members. Two others, including Alvin Barham, are seriously hurt as a large search party presses the manhunt. A $1500 reward was posted for Kinney.
The Times reports Japan intends to keep Manchuria amid negotiations. Plans show extensions from Fusan to Seoul, crossing the Yalu into Manchuria about 160 miles, likely linking at Liaoyang. Bush orders place for 350 steel bridges 160 locomotives and 2,900 cars.
Oakland reports that 16 year old Thom as W Cook killer Pembroke confessed to a planned hold up murder. Pembroke says Blaker struck Cook with a lead pipe, Sneider and Blaker completed the robbery, Crowhurst is exonerated. Also notes Great Northern telegraphers strike in Devil's Lake with non union operators forced to leave town and minor timetable delays.
Off Chung Chi g on the northern coast of Korea on Wednesday morning Russian torpedo boat destroyers engaged the Kelsha, a merchant steamer. They fired sixty shots, seven hitting the engine room and bridge, killing the captain and a boy and wounding two crew members. The destroyers ceased fire and headed toward Vladivostok, leaving the Keisho to escape.
Local passenger train No. 27 wrecked near the car sheds at Pleasant Hill Missouri Thursday morning. Engineer Frank Berry Bodalia and passenger Raymond suffered injuries. Berry, in charge of a swivel engine, leaped to safety as the train struck.
The strike forces crews loyal to unions, halting traffic on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern routes. Freight delays and cancelled intermediate moves test schedules, with major slowdowns on the Idaho division and refusals of freight at St Paul and Minneapolis offices. Rail officials claim to fill vacancies in ten days as hiring bureaus operate across western cities.
Sergius Witte, Russia’s ranking plenipotentiary to the Washington conference, lands in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. He is greeted quietly by the Russian consul general and a delegation, surrounded by reporters and passengers. Professor De Martens reads a greeting prepared for Witte as he acknowledges the crowd.
The World reports a possible national strike against American Bridge with over 50,000 workers involved if ordered. Frank Buchanan of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers is in New York to oversee developments and coordinate with allied unions. In Sweden, a coalition ministry forms to ease tensions with Norway, led by premier Lundeberg as conservative influence shapes policy.
A Nogales Oasis letter from Sonoma reports peace negotiations between the Yaqui Indians and the Mexican government. Couriers roam the state urging restraint while a conference is planned at Ures between Yaqui leaders and Mexican representatives in a few days.
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