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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
2
A long OCR text mixes events from politics, crime, fires, and personal notices with numerous misspellings. It mentions Admiral George Dewey’s birthday, a liquor dispensary vote, a large bank payout, births and deaths, a prison league charity dinner, train fires, post office robberies, Turkish famine notes, and multiple murders and legal cases, all in a jumbled, era-typical press snapshot.
President Roosevelt, in a telegram to Governor Sparks, says federal troops now at Goldfield will be kept for three more weeks if the governor tests within five days a call for a special legislative session. Sparks had urged armed intervention and questioned if a legislative request for aid would follow.
Pittsburg faces what officials call the worst sickness since 1889 with pneumonia typhoid and especially grip. Thousands prostrated and city businesses report worker shortages as the Pittsburg Railway struggles to staff cars. City Physician Booth says the current grip outbreak surpasses all but the 1859 epidemic and may have originated far away with the 1889 outbreak traced to Europe Asia and Hong Kong.
Washington reports that coal mine fatalities in the United States are about three times higher per thousand workers than in Western European nations. In seventeen years, around 22540 miners have died, with 1906 seeing 2062 killed and 450 injured. Government experts, ordered by Secretary Garfield, compiled the figures to gauge the scope of mine accidents nationwide.
A Salt Lake area news item describes the proposed sixth smelter at Canyon Club near Salt Lake City amid major discussion. Senator Hearne and officials discussed the project’s scope and expected outcomes, with hopes for a new plant within thirty miles and operation within ninety days.
Reported dynamite blast wrecked the front of a home in Prowasxville Pennsylvania but did not injure the resident Aic Frediant or family members. Authorities suspect the Black Hand to be behind the attack after recent threats linked to a resolved case involving the group. Washington dispatch notes Marine General Elliott reports focus on recruitment and wartime needs, while leadership shifts and strategic measures are discussed amid the broader economic downturn.
In Pekin the dowager empress orders suppression of public meetings while seeking a middle path between revolutionary agitators and the aggrieved. Rights recovery is rising nationwide including women’s groups and schools. Delegates from Che Kiang arrive to press provincial interests as foreign influence alarms the government.
London reports exhumation of Thomas Charley Truce reveals corpse, ending a decade of legal drama over the Duke of Portland estate. The Druce perjury case collapses as George Hollamby Druce vows to press the claim despite the rescue of the coffin’s remains by investigators.
Rear Admiral Evans leads the American battleship fleet out of Port of Spain Trinidad at 4 pm aboard ships Culgoa and Glacier in a four column line. The fleet, traveling at 10 to 11 knots, aims for the next leg to arrive at their destination by Friday evening January 10 after about twelve days.
The Indian National Congress session in Surat ends in a brawl after two days of futile efforts to elect a president. Police are called as delegates clash, chairs and tables are toppled, and several attendees suffer injuries before order is restored and the gathering disperses.
A prisoner, Charles H. Murrill, accused of smuggling an item into his cell, was found dead by throat wound in Fort Malison penitentiary. County jail officers reported the incident on Friday morning as guards prepared to take him to the prison.
Telegram from the governor saved Henry Thaxton a black man sentenced to death for killing Huntdieher, a white man, with the noose to be placed over the scaffold. The prisoner raised his hands and pleaded aloud while in the jail cell, praying and weeping as officials read the message.
Judge KF Lowin granted the motion seeking to defraud the government in a timber fraud case involving New Mesioo Lunder company directors Aberlee Lb McPhee JJ Meffinally and Cha Fenegan. The parties, including WoW nonsaman at Duranen, faced charges under federal statutes with details unclear in the fragmentary text.
Washington engineers describe vast labor needs for Poona canal locks using oversized hypothetical houses and street-length canal housing. Taft speaks in Boston on war policy at Merchants Association banquet. Bryan's Lincoln speech previews Democratic platform ideas and campaign tone with Oklahoma and Florida governors among announced attendees.
On January 6 Harry K Thaw will be called a second time before a jury to defend against the charge of murdering Stanford White. Delays have followed but authorities say no further postponement is expected. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will again recount her story as expert witnesses attempt to prove Thaw was sane at the time of the Madison Square Garden killing.
New York report states that all women except Thaw family members and women reporters will be excluded from the courtroom during the second Marry G Thaw trial. Seating cuts aim to reduce crowding and avoid morbid curiosity as Dowling watches to determine if access should be further limited.
A fleet of seven steamships the Campanis Cedric St Louis Pannonia Pretoria Caronlé and Minneapolie entered New York harbor after a severe storm delayed them a day. Christmas day seas were so rough only a portion of the St Louis passengers ventured to dinner. No ships suffered serious damage as Pretoria officers used oil to calm the waves.
Governor Buchil orders district attorneys and peace officers to vigorously enforce gambling liquor and prize fighting laws. He says he has arranged with Attorney General Dickson to prosecute violators if local officers fail to act, signaling a broad push for renewed compliance across the state.
Agnes O Keefe a Newark domestic was found nude in a Hackensack meadow pool on December 26. Authorities say she was struck on the head and then drowned by the murderer. The tale, told at the Autopey, leaves little doubt about the killer’s methods.
Emil G. Hireeb of Chienne and his brother Natianiel Beamidt of Cornell University spoke at the convention audience. They praised a settlement approach favoring the poor man while addressing the crowd about social welfare on a sunny day.
Florence authorities acknowledge a marriage between Barieo Tonelli the musician and Countess Montignons, divorced wife of Bosony's crown prince. Officials deny full legal recognition of the union as it bypassed courts, while requests for divorce follow a pattern of overseas marriages blocked by the court.
Mass of migratory mendicants overwhelms New York City charities as hundreds are turned away daily. A Saturday meeting of twenty charitable groups discussed curbing the influx and suggested a work test for lodgers. Officials report 2,358 refusals for lodging between December 1 and 24.
Hazleton Pennsylvania report says more than 150 miners escaped drowning when flood water surged through No 4 slope at the Lehigh Valley Wilkesbarre Coal company Auden ted impeding air and nearly submerging several workers two openings allowed surface return later a Polish miner’s bed was found in No 4 slope officials initially believed all were safe but the barrier was breached by a short blast and air supply was strained as lights failed and water receded
A campaign of education on ship subsidy gathered delegates from across the country to Reno in support of subsidized merchant marine steamers. The event showed growing public interest and aimed to influence Congress during the coming winter session.
In St Peter s, Father John Cromatadt lies seriously ill unable to eat and near death from an old malady with no chance of recovery. He is revered as a saintly founder of a sect whose followers praise him despite legal charges of fin ality and drunkenness and plot for financial gain. In Camden three killed seventeen injured in a Pennsylvania Railroad elevated track crash near the station caused by dense fog and a rear collision with an Atlantic City train.
Fragmentary report shows Newlands urging withdrawal of troops and government action. Secretary Tall is pressed to execute orders while Nevada legislature and New York banking turmoil surface in a tense national scene. Text reflects stalled talks and contested decisions amid political upheaval.
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