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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1908
Page
2
Northwest Notes reports on Interstates coming to Winnemucca Nevada linking to Salt Lake and San Francisco. The column lists varied items from politics, court actions, fires, suicides, and economic news across western states, including Montana and Oregon, with multiple named individuals and places.
A devastating blaze at Rhand's opera house during a Scottish Reformation performance in Boyertown Pennsylvania killed 167 spectators and injured scores. Panic ran through the crowd as a tank exploded, lamps ignited oil, and exits became a crush leading to widespread deaths among women and children. Many survivors were relatives of local leading families.
Union Avenue adjoining Union Station in Kansas City suffered a major blaze early Monday melting away a landmark annex. The fire consumed the Adams Wells Furen Ducite Express offices, a branch mailing room, and the Fred Harvey Reading Honey line, with several railway company officers and the Pullman Palace Car Company affected as flames swept through the building. The structure, valued at around a quarter of a million, lay in ruins as firefighters battled strong flames near dawn.
The United States Supreme Court Monday upheld Kansas anti liquor legislation amid a flurry of legal challenges. The decision supports state authority over alcohol regulation, with implications for other states pursuing similar controls. Local observers noted the ruling reinforces Kansas policy and could influence related criminal statutes.
A facts based brief reports a murder case naming Weare Ayo and Tellinahorn with charges and related individuals. The item lists parties including Charlee Weilierond and Myrfons in connection with the case. Details are fragmentary but indicate legal actions and potential defendants.
The readable fragments mention a Smoked Cigarette on Gesttold and a failing concept of witnesses. It references a person named Stevabeth and a judge or official named HR, with unclear actions about a plan or move. The text is garbled and lacks coherent events or outcomes. Potential legal proceedings or inquiries are suggested but not specified.
Special Nevada legislature session read Governor Sparks message and passed an appropriation bill. A resolution referred all militia related bills to a joint committee. Senate aims to regulate miner union relations while Sparks supports a Texas style ranger law, facing opposition in the assembly.
Washington discusses penalties for corporations and directors violating laws on money contributions for political petitions. A Senate or House debate covered penal code changes. Democratic amendments proposing higher fines and longer imprisonment were defeated.
Washington confirms in a late report that Provisional Governor Magoon’s Cuba candidacy guidance supports eventual self rule. The president pledged a clear plan to hand the island to Cuban people by February 1 1904 with elections to transfer authority to Cuba’s people by December, signaling a turning point in U S Cuba policy.
TES LENO AMANC KA ITRE WAY knarda describes a band of twenty brigands attempting to loot a train carrying a large gold shipment. The attackers forced the engine to slow, boarded the train, and drove the engine backward. They hurled bombs while guards, though outnumbered, held their position and killed two brigands, but the raid still caused panic and damage.
In Goldfield, Nor the powder was stolen from a Go Neld hardware company. A wagon was detached to move the powder but the ground was slick and the team faced trouble leaving. No clear suspects are named and the incident remains unexplained.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Fonte, employment, locations in Missouri and Massachusetts, and various garbled names. It hints at a meeting, a person named Meyer, and a tense exchange with implied stakes. Details are unclear due to corruption, but the piece hints at job seeking, a planned event, and potential conflict.
President Roosevelt will withdraw federal troops from Goldfield Nevada shortly after Nevada's special legislative session begins. He bases this on a commission report and a letter to Governor Sparks dated January 4, stating the state must maintain order and bear primary responsibility once troops depart, regardless of calls to retain them.
Pietro Saroen and his wife Relna fought a deadly duel in their Montgomery tract cottage. He used a butcher knife and she a razor, ending with his killing her and inflicting a self inflicted throat wound, dying beside her. Motive cited includes financial worries over money in a California bank and recent separations.
Paris reports embarrassment as Mulai Hafid proclaims sultanate of Fez while Mohammed Sidi el Mokreb arrives as finance minister to Abd el Aziz to seek a $30 million loan. General d Armande leads French forces toward Rabat as unrest erupts, threatening civil conflict in Morocco.
Washington Senator Hale’s proposal draws senate naval affairs committee attention this week. Hearings are expected and retirement of Admiral Brownson may be discussed. The broad issue of Navy reorganization looms as a potential focal point beyond the immediate hearings.
In a failed hold up near Tedondeene pear Sha gon Banuit Lon ANAes and KAD Harienuray attempted to threaten with revolvers but were shot and killed by Green the van conductor. Williams of Moneta driver for the Brandyhd Of Company urged Gren to replace the high Wayman. a shot ended the incident. The deceased was a 24 year old former carpenter.
Hundreds of miners march toward a newly formed strike route along the Banta Fe tracks from Manvel to Borvine, aiming for Bernardin County in Nevada. The action involves local crews and transportation disruptions as the protest grows across surrounding communities.
Barnsley England a concert hall panic leaves sixteen children dead and forty injured as doors open and crowds surge toward the gallery. Usher copies urge some children to move to the stalls, triggering a deadly crush. Police and ushers clear the stairways and evacuate the injured to the street.
In Butte, Montana, a federal court master filed amended findings in the Deer Lodge valley case against the $5,000,000 Warhoe smelter at Anaconda. Judge Hunt may approve a permanent injunction sought by nearby farmers. Findings on arsenic effects were altered to focus on sickness rather than confirmed animal deaths, altering the basis for the injunction request.
The American fleet of sixteen battleships arrived at Rio de Janeiro at 1 PM Sunday after a long voyage from Spain and Trinidad. Crowds greeted the visitors with a royal welcome as the fleet weighed anchor earlier in December and January, having covered about 4000 miles along the journey to San Francisco.
A Red Lodge Mont surgeon removed the end of pain and found two pieces of robber tubing, four and five inches long, left in the chest cavity from a prior operation on Charles Joakinen, a young Finnish miner. The tubing was not attached to a safety pin and the foreign substance had remained since a previous New York surgeon sewed the wound months ago.
In January 20 Denver hosts a large livestock exposition featuring exhibitors from the Midwest and East. Trainees from Omaha and Kansas City will bring prize cattle and sheep to compete. W B Stinner promotes an international event and highlights notable exhibitors at the Denver venue.
A Washington debate in the House of Representatives centered on reforming the penal zone of the United States with reference to section 19. Mestre Smith of Mikwort and Tivghes of New Jersey proposed amendments to restrict labor actions during events, aiming to control strikes and related unrest under the statute.
San Francisco appellate court voids the extortion verdicts against former mayor Eugene Schmitz and colleague Ruef, ordering Schmitz discharged on the indictments while Ruef’s fate remains unsettled. The decision raises questions on bribery indictments and future testimony, with many cases still pending and bonds set high.
Coroner blames two mental health healers for the death of Ve tor Neeley aged two and a half in Plainwell. The two healers treated the child after he was brought in by a Sacramento couple, while the mother faces gross negligence allegations for not securing professional medical attendance. The case centers on alleged deprivation of physician care in the final illness.
New York reports detail a Hughes dollar dinner at Terr Garden as part of a mobilization for the Republican presidential nominee. The event urged support for a straight and vigorous administration to curb abuses and extend opportunities. Strikebreakers flood Goldfield with workers listed under the federation, many claiming affiliation with mining camps and rail hubs.
A large crowd near Reno gathered Thursday night to support or denounce political ideas linked to union activity. Speakers urged unity, while a proposed troupe or agenda was voted down. The event included expenses that drew no clear conclusion, and organizers claimed labor and 6 percent figures tied to the primary aim.
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