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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1905
Page
10
A garbled news digest reports multiple events including a deadly car crash near Kenilworth park, a lynching report from Towtoft, and a string of international incidents. It mentions a hurricane near Marshallslande, a dynamite blast at a Virginia camp, a planned hanging in Edmonton, and a storm at Saint Cloud Minnesota, among numerous disjointed items with many names and places.
Edwin H Conger resigns as ambassador to Mexico with the posting to take effect October 14. President Roosevelt may appoint a special commissioner to China over the boycott issue. David J Thompson of Nebraska is thought likely to succeed Conger in Mexico, while Francia Loomis is not expected to be appointed. Loomis retirement from the State Department is anticipated, with future diplomatic service possibilities uncertain.
Mrs. Mra. 8B Mize of New York City was murdered Tuesday night by a robber in a fashionable south side district. She and Mrs. Wilson were approached on Washington avenue near Fittyninth street after a walk. Mrs. Mize cried for help as the robber demanded money and valuables and shot her through the heart, dying instantly before aid could arrive.
The Athos sailing from Jamaica to New York arrived off Scotland lightship Tuesday night. Eight passengers aboard report extreme distress after a broken rod caused drift and near famine. The ship carried rotted bananas and shark bones as a grim warning, and mutinous talk arose among the Chinese crew while the pleasure party passengers faced shortages and thirst.
Washington reports the court of inquiry findings on the gun boat Bennington explosion at San Diego Cal. The panel blamed Ensign Charles T Wade and recommended court martial for the surviving officer The blast occurred after a valve closed between the boiler and steam gauge raising pressure several hundred pounds.
A platform at the Heth David Russian Orthodox Church on Miller Street near Washington collapsed amid corner stone exercises. More than forty people including three rabbis tumbled about fifteen feet into a cellar. Most were only cut or bruised, and the ceremony resumed after the panic subsided. The 50 by 50 foot platform had been built over the foundation walls to seat rabbis church officers and guests.
Two halfbreed sons of Henry Detrich the Alaska Commercial agent at Bethel and four natives died when they jumped from a small steamboat on the Kuskokwim about July 10 fearing an explosion from steam escaping a safety valve. One native was rescued amid swift current as six others were drowned.
President Roosevelt steps into the breachs to urge compromise between warring nations. A plan presented to the czar and Mikado seeks arbitral resolution on disputed articles, with possible acceptance. Discussions involve Baron Rosen and M Witte and may extend to indemnity or Sakhalin terms, as pressures from Britain and others continue.
Washington reports highly favorable conditions indicate the northern tier of seven states from the Mississippi headwaters to Puget Sound will yield well over 216 million bushels of wheat this year. Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and others show acreage gains and improved conditions, with Idaho and Washington possibly exceeding conservative estimates.
A freight car crashed into a crowded trolley on Utah Street in Butte Montana, killing ten and wounding more than twenty. Passengers returning from Columbia Gardens were among the victims as the freight engine switched across the street. The motorman had halted the trolley before the crossing, but the flying switch occurred and the collision threw the car apart, entombing several passengers.
An elderly resident of Jacrneville, Aaron Keene, was instantly killed Friday when a steer knocked him from the railing of the county bridge over the Tuscan River. The 200 foot bridge saw Keene climbing to avoid the herd when a loose steer struck the railing, breaking it and sending him to the water below. Other items include a Wooly feud near Alice station, miller brothers killed and wounded, and various accidents and incidents pending.
Joplin reports four people drowned and $200000 in losses after a cloudburst Saturday in Southwest City. Photographer O Q Kelsey perished when his two story building was swept away and crashed into a tree. Ned Smith and two others, whose residences are unknown, drowned during rescue attempts.
Elijah Dowie issues a ukase ordering Zion followers to bring a baby to the baptismal font each year and to evangelize by birth rate. It also decrees that lovers may not embrace before marriage and that marriage requires written consent from Apostle John Alexander Dowie.
The Lalo graphers' strike ended, but reinstatements are few. Fewer than ten per cent of workers return to their former posts under Superintendent Gibson of the Rocky Mountain division. Many seek jobs elsewhere and overall peace negotiations appear to have collapsed amid broader regional tensions and shifting labor loyalties.
The Cuban senate dealt a final blow to the rice bill. President Palma declined a request from American Minister Squiers to press the measure. He reportedly advised postponement until after elections. Cubans expect no impact on the reciprocity treaty with the United States.
Frank Ward a Pueblo Steel works yard gang foreman forced his 16 year old daughter Frances to swallow poison and killed himself. Neighbors say he was drinking heavily and had threatened to kill both. The tragedy followed by a public reception as Vermont’s Vice President Fairbanks and Mrs. Fairbanks visited Burlington.
The West Point cadet rifle team leaves Friday for Seagirt New Jersey to compete in the national rifle competition on August 21. A five day practice will precede the event with military drills and simulated wartime conditions. About 820 cadets 75 to 100 enlisted soldiers and 14 officers will participate on the march.
Roy Daniels of Provo Utah won the first capital prize in the Uintah reservation land drawing. Daniels is 21, works in a Spanish Fork canyon quarry, and was the first to select land. Noah Baldock of Vernal and Gary D Ball of Salt Lake took second and third prizes, with John H Partridge of Goshen fourth. About 3,000 attended the drawing as 95 boxes held slips numbered for the draw.
Portsmouth New Hampshire reports improving prospects for peace between Russia and Japan. Agreed terms include recognizing Japan’s influence in Korea, evacuating Manchuria, restoring Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria, respecting China’s open door, and surrendering leases on Port Arthur and nearby areas. Cession of the Chinese Eastern railroad and parts of northern Manchuria are noted, with indemnity and Sakhalin remaining disputed.
A Norfolk excursion train on the Atlantic Coast Line bound for Kingston NC plunged through an open draw six miles from Norfolk. The engine and first car sank in twelve feet of water. second car partly submerged. Techer reports say twenty to thirty Black passengers, plus crew, were killed or missing. only the engineer fireman and conductor survived. The draw opened unexpectedly and air brakes failed to stop the train in time.
Two policemen were killed and a bystander fatally shot at the doors of the Church of the Virgins in Caostochowa on Thursday. A pilgrimage crowd fleeing the attack suffered injuries as chaos erupted outside the church amid the shooting.
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