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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
10
A Century magazine essay notes Belgian cities employ trained dogs in police work with Ghent proving cost effective. A dog costs about five cents daily. 20 dogs cost 4,286 francs yearly and could do the work of many officers. The piece urges San Francisco to study dog police in reorganizing its force.
M Viviani the new French labor minister declares in a newspaper interview that accepting office does not abandon his socialist past. He vows to keep his freedom of action, push reforms for old age, arbitration in disputes, and strengthen unions while guiding the labor ministry toward practical, working class aims.
The readable fragments list various names and terms such as Aeneid and NIU amid garbled text. It mentions events or entities like Sten Hite, Lo dhwowen, Pireipemettively, and Arabi aires, but the overall context is obscured by errors and missing punctuation.
A fragmented OCR-like note describes a supply chain involving a Canadian mayor, a railway, and a mine tale of transportation and a center. The text is garbled but indicates coordination for transit and material movement. No clear dates or named organizations are consistently readable.
The U S Supreme Court denied habeas corpus relief for Moyer Haywood and Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners. Their detention in Idaho continues on charges related to the murder of former Governor Steunenberg. Charles H Moyer, William D Haywood, and George A Pettibone are named leaders or members of the federation. They were imprisoned in Canon County under the murder charge, not alleging direct presence at the crime.
Washington dispatch notes the Fifty-ninth Congress begins its last session with the Senate confirming nothing until the president's annual message is received. Senator Dupont takes oath. House organizes rapidly and adjourns in memory of deceased members.
An investigation at Billbid uncovers traces of plague germs in dead bodies of ten inmates recently inoculated against cholera. No formal report has been issued and government officials delay disclosure. Tubes used in the facility are suspected to have tainted remains. A mix up reportedly placed contaminated samples in a gym area, raising concern over handling and records.
Local fruit growers report unusual damage from a pest outbreak described as a tan sealer affecting fruit trees and shrubs in the southern region. Officials connect the issue to crop losses and potential spread to adjacent farms, while political figures discuss responses amid ongoing state matters.
Floodwaters from Sat Francideo river and Chase creek swept Clifton Avia Tuesday. The main business district burned and many frame buildings housing residents were destroyed. Reports say as many as twenty people died or are missing, including Mrs Joxw Throm and her children. A saloon and several houses were carried into the torrent with occupants drowned or missing.
Washington President Roosevelts annual message to Congress dominated the day in the Senate with two and a half hours of debate and the reading taking two hours and twenty five minutes in the House. The session included the appointment of a new committee chair for foreign affairs and the dispatch of remarks on the Japanese situation and memorials for members of the House who had died since the last session.
Governor Magoon announced to twenty five Cuban lawmakers that a decree will vacate the seats of all senators and representatives elected in 1905. Roosevelt’s peace commission reserved the status decision for Washington, with vacancies to be filled by an election under the provisional government after Oct 12, 1906.
Los Angeles reports a severe shortage of tank oil cars hindering California's oil industry. The evening paper says there are not more than half the required cars in service, with six hundred additional cars badly needed. Lacking cars forces costly storage and keeping large oil reserves in the ground via plugged wells.
Washington reports that Japan expects no trouble over the California school controversy and has confidence President Roosevelt will adjust the issue to satisfy both nations. Japanese newspapers remain moderate and the nation sees no reason for renewed notoriety.
The seventh annual international livestock exhibition opened Saturday at the Union Stock Yards and will run eight days with about 100 entries. Shire horses owned by King Edward of England headline the lineup, with additional entries from abroad by Br Thomas Lipton Jardwan and Lord Rothschild. An evening horse fair will be held in the exhibition ring each day.
A mob of masked men destroyed the tobacco stem meries of John Steger and John O Orr in Princeton. The Imperial Tobacco Company of New York controlled operation and the fire caused about 170000 dollars in losses. The mob entered between 1 and 6 oclock, seized materials, disarmed guards, then set the factory ablaze.
The November 10 2006 monthly public debt statement shows total debt at 944 929 120 dollars with a monthly increase of 7 401 005 dollars. It details principal and interest breakdowns and notes a new turbine steamer Gow Cobb placed in service on the Houston St. Joho route while ships from Harvard Yale and other yard builds progress toward launch amid turbine ship era shifts.
A moving express car on Cotton Belt train four was attacked near Redwater Texas. A messenger was badly wounded by robbers who broke from the train, a mile from the stop at St Wienet. The robber and loot were found beside the track.
Reports from Norfolk describe sailors mutiny over rations aboard the Tennessee during a Panama voyage. Marines reportedly pointed guns to force ships to coal. After 100 men were jailed then released, quiet returned. Separately, Lynchburg railway crash killed Samuel Spencer and six others, with survivors including his secretary and a porter. Spencer’s body was badly burned.
A Thanksgiving rabbit hunt at Cedar Valley ends in tragedy as Albert M. Zachreson of 108 Linean Avenue is killed by a loaded shotgun discharge. He is described as stepping from a wagon when the hammer snagged on a wagon box, firing a full charge into his left shoulder and chest, with rescuers attempting life-saving measures.
A Carlsbad special reports a herder from 1,100 sheep owned by A. J. Crawford perished in a canyon during a recent storm. Weather in the area was severe and another note says a herdman had just been shorn. Prathers lost 2,200 head out of 2,500 in the same period.
A man and two others vanish near the Thurlow land area in the Strait of Georgia. A Burney search party formed to find them after no word by Sunday or Monday. No updates have been reported for any of the missing men.
A confused report describes an incident where a man in Oklahoma City laughed at the wrong moment and then produced a revolver in a hardware store. He demanded cartridges and forced the clerk to open the till, threatening to shoot.
The article reports on mining developments across the West, noting Utah and Nevada firms expanding operations, ore shipments to Ogden smelters, and a Boner group sale in Silver City. It cites mint production figures for 1905, Utah copper prospects, and new ore leads in the Black Hornet district and Idaho.
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