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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
8
Taft Montana was largely destroyed by a blaze that wiped out fifteen business structures and saloons. Only a grocery store, a saloon, and the post office survived. Rebuilding has begun as officials investigate the fire’s mysterious origin and possible ignition sources.
In Pekin a Japanese army officer Captain Wakakita, once an instructor at the Chinese military college, was killed by legation guards while resisting arrest after being found disguised as a Chinese. China plans a formal protest over police duties outside legation premises.
Milwaukee reverend warns that certain streets in Rome are too dangerous for a priest or even the Pope to walk at night. He cites threats and hostile crowds as risks to church figures in the Holy City.
Fragmentary text references Roosevelt and Bryan, mentions La Fellette and Epworth SPUTSH, and notes disagreement on policy origins. The garbled passage hints at Republican alignment and political division, with names like Gerald, Wiseete, Hines, and Minnekota appearing as scattered references.
Authorities report a 60 year old Hod jetty resident killed his son and daughter before fatally wounding himself with a Taser. The incident occurred Thursday morning on the city’s western edge. A friend of the farmer Herero Wo 8 Postar said the suspect faced mental health struggles and had recently moved to Wetee Tran religions. Court plans mention a trial for Omar Kennehy and pending actions, with officials stating the man will face further legal proceedings.
President Roosevelt told Filipino assembly leaders Oyster Bay that independence could come within twenty years. Senor Manuel Quezon, the majority leader, praised the assurance and said Roosevelt favored business concessions and gradual self government as the islands grow stronger. The president cautioned against early complete independence but expressed belief independence would come when the Philippines can stand alone.
Mrs Isabel Lebonte of Traverse City is killed and about twenty injured when the Leeland passenger steamer explodes after a loose engine bolt causes a boiler to burst near Carp Lake. Engineer Edward Hardy survives amid wreckage as the vessel carries pleasure seekers to a wild west circus.
A massive blaze at the Desbocas oil well near Tammeo rages for forty three days. Electrical sparks ignite the crater, flames climb over ten meters, and the fire consumes an estimated 1,000 gallons per minute. Mexican authorities report the ongoing blaze and extinguishing efforts continue without success.
Chicago socialist leaders adopted a campaign schedule on Monday to mobilize supporters. A special Pacific coast train carrying Eugene V Debs and several speakers will depart August 1, then travel west to meet rallies before returning to Chicago for large public addresses. The party organization will send a considerable contingent, with officials and members accompanying Debs on the tour.
A frenzied mob attacked Black neighborhoods after a Black man injured a white woman. Militia and state troops restored order by Sunday, but multiple Black residents were killed or injured, and homes burned in a night of civil unrest across the city.
Wireless dispatch from Abdul Aziz, sultan of Morocco, reports his troops crushed Mulai Hafid loyalists marching toward Morocco City. Enemy losses reach about 600 killed and 600 wounded with large booty seized. Aziz’s column defeats Pebams tribe, killing 50 tribesmen and taking 200 prisoners.
Two masked highwaymen boarded Northern Pacific No 3 near Spokane after midnight Saturday. They detached the mail car and took the engine to Trent then to Yardley before ditching the plan as clerks, warned of the break, disposed of registered packages in a newspaper sack. No passengers were harmed and little loot was recovered.
Hong Kong dispatch reports troops near Wuchow mutinied after a comrade was arrested for gambling. The mutineers joined the Yau aboriginal tribe in inaccessible Talking mountains, seizing $100,000, and triggering a military buildup as Admiral Li arrives with gunboats and support.
Scranton details show Pennsylvania Coal & Coke company, a major Western Pennsylvania coal firm, placed in receivership by Judge Edwards after the Scranton Trust Company filed for bondholders. Receiver Thomas H Watkins named amid claims the lessee Pennsylvania Beach Creek Western Coal could not meet rental obligations. intrinsic value cited above $26,000,000 with total indebtedness around $13,000,000.
K Wardwell died Saturday afternoon while in quarantine with his leper wife. He was a veteran of the Messean and civil wars. Federal authorities refused deportation to the leper colony.
Dublin report says Richard Croker rejects mis representations about his view on President Roosevelt and the president's role. The former New York governor, during a quiet week away with Croker, denies critiquing or misrepresenting Roosevelt and asserts the president is found with his books.
A fragmentary New York report tells of Mrs Rowe Crasiana a 19 year old woman entering a Brooklyn venue and allegedly killing her husband Exonimel firagiano a laborer claiming he forced her to become moral. The text is garbled but notes motive tied to her husband.
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