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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
2
A lone highwayman robbed eleven stagecoaches in Yellowstone Park on Monday. Passengers lost cash and valuables totaling about $12,000, with drafts and papers taken and a few watches. The assailant, described as 5'8" with grey whiskers, spoke German, wore blue brown clothing, and used an automatic rifle, fleeing before soldiers could reach the scene.
United States Court of Appeals on Monday handed down two sweeping decisions reversing the lower courts in full. The opinions sustain government positions on safety and commerce matters, with detailed findings on one case arising from an incident in Windber, Pennsylvania, involving a violent assault and a fatal attack witnessed by several men. The rulings emphasize federal standards and return the actions to the government’s favored interpretations.
Chicago reports the $176000 subtreasury theft dated February 20 1907 may be solved with the arrest of George W Fitzgerald. Once a teller under William Bolden he faced suspicion for months as detectives traced large denominations and packages marked for destruction. He had bought a home and invested heavily in eggs as investigators weighed motive and opportunity.
At Rawhide Nevada John Boar, once of Los Angeles, was killed by a dynamite blast tossed by his partner William Risdon. Risdon, driven by delusion that he owned the mine, lighted a cap and fuse and hurled the deadly missile as Boar worked three feet of ore in the Graft Coalition lease. Risdon fled into the mountains.
In Umirovka, Yekaterinoslav province, revolutionists killed a Jewish Edelstein family after accusing them of informing on agitators. They bombed and shot at family members, wounding several, then later returned to kill the mother and son at the hospital before vanishing.
In Tangier Mulai Hafid defeats his brother Abdel Aziz. The sultan was surprised August 19 and many troops defected after firing a few shots. Betrayal by tribesmen helped Hafid, who is proclaimed sultan with officials in major Moroccan cities declaring for him.
A New York tenant reports Eva Hacerman proclaiming she is the savior of humanity in a dramatic street ordeal. She wore a white robe, spoke in a theatrical tone, and was taken to a hospital amid financial worries and religious mania.
Washington report notes growing optimism as tax receipts rise and national banks show stronger condition. Compared to 1907, specie and legal tenders increased by 147 million, surplus up 15.7 million, and circulation up 61.7 million despite prior panic-driven reductions.
Acting Governor Harper and James F. Galbreath Jr of the American Mining congress call a statewide mining meeting in Denver in September to unite interests and press for a permanent Mining Temple for Colorado and Denver. Utah seeks relocation of executive offices to Salt Lake City.
The steamship Myades arrived from Nome with 100000i0 in gold dust and freight in a surprise early schedule. The Northwestern carried passengers and left Nome just after the Myades, complicating the timeline for arrivals and signaling a busy shipping period in Seattle.
A Sangamon county special grand jury returned fifty indictments on Saturday, including five against Thomas Marshall. Twelve target alleged led attacks on William B. Bowe, chief clerk in the county treasurer’s office. Whites face indictments for arson and related violence. A separate Nevada notice reports a public divorce case and a Paris investigation notes a possible suicide of Winifred Parsons amid a royal and social scandal.
A non-union African American miner living near Pratt City, Alabama, was shot and fatally wounded Thursday night after his home was destroyed by dynamite amid ongoing strike tensions. He had previously reported seeing workers responsible, and authorities note the volatile atmosphere as labor actions intensify.
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