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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
5
A confrontation at Standard Steel Car in Lyndora led to a riot after state constabulary arrived. Troopers fired into the ground as clashes with about fifteen arrestees and several injuries occurred. Father Becavaca urged restraint.
A court bulletin from New York City, translated by Lee Wing, notes a Chinese government ordered investigation. It states Leon Ling should be protected by Chinese worldwide until authorities acknowledge Sigel’s death and Ling’s lack of responsibility, with Chinese consuls in America alerted.
Rome Don Carlos of Bourbon heir to the Spanish throne died Sunday at Varez in Lombardy. He had been ill for some time and recent reports said he suffered apoplexy. Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid born Laybach Austria March 30 1848 claimed the throne under Salic law as Charles VII. His father Don Juan was brother of Don Carlos Charles VII Count de Montemolin.
In Union Mississippi a cow led to a pistol battle in the street Saturday. Two men were killed and two others fatally injured while another was seriously wounded. The fighting pitted Peter and Joe McDonald against Cornelius Chisholm and another man as they clashed outside the Walon bank.
Ten people die when the excursion Roxana overturns in a squall off lower New York Bay. Two girls among the twenty two aboard perish as survivors are hauled from rough seas by the tug Lamont after the Roxana trips from Ulmer Beach Brooklyn to Midland Beach Staten Island and back. Another item notes an amateur aviator injured when Glenn Curtiss’ craft crashes during a Sunday flight. He is left with a broken arm and serious bruises. A Denver church leader Frost Craft resigns after accusing members of being drawn to theaters and amusements.
Chicago reports twelve more tetanus deaths from Independence Day incidents, boosting the national toll to 114 from all causes. Included is Professor W St Pitkin of Albion College who died from a premature revolver explosion on July 5.
In Bakersfield California an auto carrying Coroner McGinn undertaker A H Dixon and the body of Thomas Leatherdale plunged 100 feet into a canyon on the grade to Democratt Springs. The occupants leaped clear before the vehicle fell. The wicker basket with the corpse rolled down the canyon but remained undamaged. The car was wrecked.
A. Liebscher of Sonoma California was arrested in Madera on cruelty to a 13 month old baby charge. He allegedly tied the infant tongue with a needle and sewed buttons on both sides to stop lip sucking. At arrest he carried the child in a barley sack. buttons had been removed from the tongue.
The Operation Association of Bill Posters voted in Atlanta to donate $1,200,000 in publicity to combat tuberculosis. They will provide billboard space and posting labor across the United States and Canada with hints and cautions for those exposed to the disease. The Poster Printers Association added a $200,000 donation.
Orders totaling 13 million dollars are reported to be placed to electrify the Sacramento division of the Southern Pacific railway once EB Harriman signs authority. The route from Reno to Sacramento is hindered by steep grades heavy snowfall and numerous snowsheds and tunnels affecting steam locomotives.
The British submarine designated C 11 was sunk by the cargo steamer Ealdystone about four and a half miles northwest of Haysborough. Thirteen crewmen perished. only three survived including officers Brokie and Walls. A third sailor likely perished. The cruiser Boneventure with eight submarines collided with C 11 amid a southward patrol.
Unusual heavy rains and flooding in Rome Italy bring record high humidity and crop damage as rivers swell. In New York rumors of a massive auto industry consolidation gain credence after General Motors announces plans affecting several firms, amid market uncertainty.
The deposed Teheran ruler Tehean-Mohamed Al is replaced by Miresa named by the national assembly. Asad Ul Mali becomes regent as the shah is a minor. General Bésia hoff remains in command under war minister orders. Foreign residents are spared beyond looting of local managers. Streets calm after four days of fighting.
New York reports a potential creation of a 97 million dollar capitalization giant as the Bell Telephone companies integrate. American Telephone and Telegraph may absorb New York and New Jersey Telephone, trading stock for stock with no official comment yet. Mary Baker Eddy celebrates her eighty eighth birthday in Boston at Chestnut Hill with followers noting her health and vigor.
Washington reports President Taft intends to send Charles R to a post in China. Details of the assignment and timing remain unclear.
A garbled description details a fatal driller accident at Coggar Wereds and a series of violent events. It mentions a man cutting a threat from another and a fever and diphtheria outbreak tied to civic provisions. The piece references the National Irrigation Congress in Spokane and various regional names and places in a diffuse, error-filled column.
A disjointed report details a baronial figure linked to a car firm's plastics, a Mare auction record, and a deadly moblile crash five miles from Glyvenis. It notes a child’s death from swallowing poison and a mother and three others surviving. Also mentions destruction of mountain peaks and a bay trapping into a lake.
A disaster at a Vancouver area picnic leaves a teacher, several girls and other mourned victims injured or dead. Police report identify Miles Gerite and Annie Poloca among the deceased as bystanders and students from Beatley and Beewsville schools. The group had been swimming and bathing near the bush when the tragedy occurred.
Suffragettes including Kaemiet-The Holo Sell resist prison requisitions as authorities order a 24 hour confinement for noncompliance. Reports say women facing charges for cell breaches remain defiant, with jail officials preparing further action. Wavion completes long journey to Madrid despite years of travel. Edward Payne, aged pedestrian, arrives in Madrid at 10:00 after a 4200 mile trek from New York. Wheat futures rise amid market volatility following a major deal. July options show notable gains as weather and growing conditions influence prices.
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