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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1902
Page
2
The Spanish minister of war General Waeyier urged obligatory military training in Spain during a senate session on Tuesday. Reports from abroad note a string of naval and political developments including shipwrecks, diplomacy, and trade outlooks.
The body of Nora Fuller a 16 year old girl who vanished January 11 was found naked in a bedroom at 6011 Sutter Street. Autopsy ruled death not natural with possible strangling or poisoning. Police suspect alias men John Bennett and B Hawkins. Motive uncertain but rumored exposure of relations.
Proclamations printed in Hong Kong by the Filipino junta circulate in civil areas and Manila, reproducing a memorial to President Roosevelt. The document mourns McKinley’s death, urges independence, claims pacified provinces are kept in check by superior force, and asserts Filipinos admire American governance ideas but demand full national life.
An early fire at the Empire hotel on Olive Street in St. Louis destroyed a three story building housing men, killing eleven people including ten men and one woman, with seven others seriously injured and many frostbitten. About 35 to 40 people were in the hotel that night. total damage estimated at 10,000 dollars to building and contents.
The Mindoo twins Radica and Cor dina were separated by Dr Doyon of Paris in a twenty minute procedure. The operation succeeded but the outcome remains doubtful due to the illness of one twin and their fragile state. The membrane linked large arteries and both girls lost about two ounces of blood. They reported pain at the membrane and were very weak with fever.
A Salt Lake Tribune special reports Judge T. W. Henley, a leading Nevada resident for forty years, died by suicide Saturday night. He was found in Carmona, with a pillow and a handkerchief near his face, the right temple pierced by a bullet. The suicide is described in cautious terms, noting a gun present and the body found on bed.
Vague description mentions a theft at the Jamon Plailiog company vaults with 24000 I peli claimed. References to a BHO Meure state bod and Mare aeionns, with protections money and multiple names including Robert. Contents are garbled but imply a robbery and security measures.
A commission report calls for revived and strengthened federal railroad supervision under the Interstate Commerce Act. It recommends stricter tariff publication, 60 day notice for rate changes, enforcement of the long and short haul clause, and penalties to curb rebates and discrimination.
Northwestern woolgrowers pass a resolution targeting S N D North statistician of the department of amunisctores under census. They accuse public official activity of opposing wool growers and stockmen while noting his role as a servant of the people. Officers named include President Jesse M. Smith Salt Lake Secretary treasurer J W Batley Portland vice presidents Richard Scott Oregon A Langrow Washington Frank Hagenbarth Idaho W K Flowerre Montana G S Hickox Utah Patriny Sullivan Wyoming. Meeting place Salt Lake chosen for next year.
British American and Japanese ministers at Pehla renew opposition to the Manchurian arrangements between China and Hunela. They vow to refuse postponement of the treaty while insisting on equal rights for China and other nations. Envoys shift stance toward Rubel as the reciprocal party gains ground.
Secretary Hayle Haughter Marriet and Melen Lay, daughter of John Hay, wed Payne Whitney of New York in a noon ceremony at the Church of the Covenant in Washington. The event drew the season’s most prominent social circle, attended by officials and cabinet members amid gala festivities and influential figures.
A garbled transcription describes a parliamentary chamber event with deputies, a deputy attorney, and guards. It mentions an usher expelling individuals from the guard benches and a debate surrounding a package related to My Precdl and Vascal, with limited readable names.
A Sunday night blaze in Patterson New Jersey destroyed much of the central business district, inflicting vast property damage estimated around 140 million dollars. Despite one fatality and many homeless, Mayor Hinchcliffe led a relief effort as fire companies from surrounding towns joined to curb the spread, with manufacturing plants safe and recovery underway.
A mining blast at a 25 foot cut on the Bessemer & Lake Erie railroad near Osgood Pa. left one man missing and probably dead, four fatally injured and seven with fractures. Superintendent McConville of Scranton suffered a skull fracture and leg break while Italians injured are numbered workers. The blast occurred after tampering with the electrical battery buried under earth and rock. A separate Washington mystery reports John Herbert Prentice shot dead at his father’s Pullman home. The coroner cites possible suicide or accidental shooting amid odd circumstances. Oregon claims a new gold extraction method tested by William L. Long in Salem, saying it yields more gold cheaper, with experiments mirroring prior, disputed claims from Vienna and Colorado.
A complex historical dispute in Mansnclusette involves a party exposing Limaels to email and hospital ties on Valloupes Island amid calls to repeal an obscure necclansiin law. The narrative weaves unclear names and dates, with references to Galloupes filond deel and public figures shaping the march toward repeal and legal action.
Five or six robbers stormed the Clarkeville bank before 3 AM as Sheriff Powers, awakened by a terrific explosion, returned fire and died within twenty minutes. The exact loot was uncertain but likely between 1000 and 2000 dollars. The gunmen fled after wounding the sheriff, who lived near the bank.
Northwest note items detail multiple incidents including a man found at Parar Cola, deaths from a shaft accident in Lville, a steam explosion injuring Mrs. Lizzie Marah in Denver, and a snowslide fatality near Boulder Peak. Reports mention arrests for embezzlement in Louisville, Ill, the Yellowstone park season by Short Line autos, and staff changes at the University of Wyoming.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state livestock testing law amid a case from Bal I told, involving cattle shipments from Texas to test the law's reach. The ruling also touches on federal jurisdiction and features remarks from legal figures in the case.
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