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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1903
Page
11
Fragmented report describes killings and arrests near Basin and Hot Springs. Mentions a deputy dying instantly and a widow. notes cholera among distant remarks. Contains unclear names and locations due to OCR errors.
Six masked highwaymen halted an electric car on the Oregon City line in Portland at midnight Wednesday, shooting Patrick Day and escaping with about 300 dollars after robbing five passengers and guarding the car. About fifty people were aboard before the robbers fled into timber near the city.
Mrs James G Blaine died at the Blaine homestead in Augusta Maine on a Wednesday aged 76 after a general system breakdown. Her maiden name was Harriet Stanwood a daughter of a Maine civic leader. She and James G Blaine met as teachers in Kentucky and married in Pittsburg before moving to Augusta where he edited the Kennebec Journal. She leaves a son James G Blaine and two daughters Harriet Beale and Walker Damrosch of New York who were at her bedside.
A young woman was found on the Gulf of Finland beach near Sergiyo monastery twelve leagues from St Petersburg, with severely burned feet and legs. She wore a monk's cassock and had read religious texts, believing self immolation to be salvation. After attending a service she prepared a funeral pyre, then tried to flee home but collapsed and lay for forty eight hours before discovery. doctors hope to save her life.
Mrs. John Taylor of Chester Pennsylvania was seated with her husband at a gun store table counting receipts when a 32 caliber bullet shattered the window and struck near her right temple. Her hair cushion saved her life as the bullet lodged in the scalp. police later clashed with Kellogg Switchboard strikers in Chicago, with gunfire exchanged and several men injured or subdued. A separate national report notes a city night bill bribery case and a lightning incident at the home of Assistant Secretary Barnes, with damage and shocks reported.
Reports from Iquique Chile mention rising balvinic pingie cases. Multiple drownings and fires occur in Kansas Missouri and Colorado. A grand jury convenes in Jackson Kentucky to probe murders. Lynching and mob violence reported in South Carolina and Florida. Disease, fires, floods, and political moves span the globe with many named places and people involved.
A tense domestic scene unfolds as Mrs Wentmacott and the admiral confront drastic family tensions. Harold Denver faces a damaging letter from Jeremiah Pearson, revealing betrayal in business dealings and threatening finances. The admiral, his wife, and Harold grapple with honor, partnership deceit, and looming ruin as the city looms in the background.
In a roundtable tale at the stove, Frank Timins claims a remarkable hunt killing three quail with a muzzle loader. He describes splitting targets by barrel and a chaotic ramrod finish, while listeners doubt the feat and press for details.
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