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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1905
Page
2
A jumble of events across nations and times describes incidents from storms in Sydney to killings in Canada, a hurricane and tidal wave, political retirements, executions, and a dramatic focus on violent episodes in multiple places, with scattered names and places read as a fragmented historical record.
Oyster Bay Edwin H Conger of Jewish descent resigns as ambassador to Mexico effective October 14. President Roosevelt accepts. retirement from the diplomatic service foreshadowed. Possible successor rumored as David J Thompson of Nebraska, current ambassador to Brazil, with Francia Loomis discussed but unlikely. Loomis will not be appointed. Thompson seeks Mexico post though official appointment uncertain.
Mrs Mra. 8B Mize of New York City was murdered Tuesday night by a robber while walking with another woman in a fashionable south side district. At Fifty ninth Street and Washington Avenue they were approached demanding money and valuables. Mrs Mize cried for help but was shot through the heart and killed instantly.
New York bound Athos with eight passengers and a cargo of rotted bananas and shark bones aboard drifted off Scotland after a rod broke and water ran low. Passengers were a party of pleasure seekers facing famine risk and mutinous mood though protected by crew supprimings.
Washington reports that a court of inquiry found the Bennington gun boat explosion at San Diego resulted from a valve closing between the boiler and steam gauge, creating extreme pressure. The ruling names Ensign Charles T. Wade as responsible and recommends court martial for him, while commending other officers and crew for their conduct.
A platform collapsed during the corner stone laying of the Heth David Russian Orthodox church on Miller Street near Washington. More than forty people including three rabbis and several officers fell fifteen feet into a cellar but injuries were non fatal though many were bruised and cut. The platform was fifty feet square built over foundation walls for rabbis officers and guests.
Two mixed heritage sons of Henry Detrich an Alaska commerce official at Bethel and four native men drowned when they leaped from a small steamboat on the Kuskokwim around July 10. Fearing an explosion from escaping steam the seven men jumped overboard into swift current. one native was rescued, six others were lost in the river.
President Roosevelt acts to bridge warring nations by proposing arbitration on disputed terms. Talks with Baron de Rosen and M Witte aim to secure concessions from Japan, with potential outcomes including indemnity, Sakhalin, or broader settlement. Powers like Britain press for moderation as Tokio remains the focal point.
Washington notes highly favorable reports indicating the northern seven states from Mississippi headwaters to Puget Sound will yield not less than 216 million bushels of wheat this year. The seven states form an immense granary and have doubled in size over recent years.
Ten people are dead and more than twenty injured when a freight car rammed into a crowded trolley at Utah Street crossing in Butte Montana. Passengers returning from Columbia Gardens included men women and children. The motorman halted before the crossing and a yard engine moved a switch when the collision occurred.
An elderly resident, Aaron Keene, was instantly killed when a steer knocked him from a county bridge spanning the Tussan River. Keene stood near the center watching bathers as stockmen drove a herd. A broken railing from the collision sent him over the edge into the water below. Other items note a Wooly feud near Alice station and multiple fatalities with ambush firing as a separate incident.
Four people drown as a cloudburst in Southwest City causes $200000 in damages. Photographer Q. O. Kelsey perishes when his two story building is torn away and crashes into a tree. Ned Smith and two others drown while attempting a rescue.
Chicago based leader John Alexander Dowie issues a ukase ordering Zion followers to bring a baby to baptism each year as part of evangelizing by birth rate. The edict also forbids premarital embraces and requires written consent from Apostle John Alexander Dowie for marriages within the church.
Mixsella Mont reports that after the Lalo graphers strike was called off, few workers were reinstated by Rocky Mountain division Superintendent Gibson. The majority of the ten who were on strike have left to find positions elsewhere, while public sentiment appears resigned to the stalled peace negotiations. The article notes Japanese population views and mentions campaigns unrelated to the central labor issue.
The Havana senate Friday afternoon killed the rice bill after extensive debate and diplomatic representations. President Palma refused the American minister Squiers request to intervene and advised delaying the bill until after the election. Cubans say the bill's rejection will not affect the reciprocity treaty with the United States.
Classified in a Pueblo report, foreman Frank Ward of the Pueblo Steel works allegedly forced his 16 year old daughter Frances to swallow poison and then killed himself with the same drug. Neighbors say Ward drank heavily and had threats to kill both himself and Frances.
The West Point cadet rifle team travels to Seagirt New Jersey for the national rifle competition on August 21. A five day practice match will focus on practical military exercises to mirror wartime conditions. On the march 820 cadets 75 to 100 enlisted soldiers and 14 officers will participate.
Roy Daniels of Provo, 21, employed in a Spanish Fork canyon quarry, won the first capital prize in the Uintah reservation home draw held in Provo. Noah Baldock of Vernal claimed second, Gary Ball of Salt Lake third, John Partridge of Goshen fourth, with about 3,000 spectators. Nine selectors drew lots to determine participants as Lyman Noyes chose the envelope for the winner.
Portsmouth N H reports improving outlook in negotiations between Russia and Japan. Agreed points include recognition of Japan's influence in Korea, evacuation of Manchuria, sovereignty restored in Manchuria, respect for open door in China, and transfer of leases on Port Arthur and nearby islets to China. Remaining issues listed include indemnity Sakhalin and limits on Russia's Far East naval power.
Norfolk area tragedy as an Atlantic Coast Line excursion train carrying Black passengers from Kingston NC to Norfolk strikes an open bridge draw near Bruce station. The engine and coaches submerge in twelve feet of water. authorities fear 20 to 30 dead. Engineer fireman and conductor escaped. most aboard were colored. Dispatch notes the draw opening and failed air brakes.
Two policemen were killed and a priest fatally shot at the Church of the Virals in Caostochowa during a Thursday attack as a pilgrimage entered the church after a festival. Pilgrims were struck by debris and several others injured in the ensuing chaos at the doors.
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