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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
11
Nevada news reports a Likely to Alturas stage robbery with no injures. A Wells Fargo messenger allegedly fled with a box containing payroll gold. Passengers escaped unscathed as outlaws vanished into the woods before authorities pursued them from Alturas and the surrounding region.
The article claims Honduras seized the Interoceanic Railway from W. S. Valentine after the government ran dry of funds and provisions. The line, built under a contract guaranteeing New York financiers, was returned to government control in 1904 amid ongoing instability.
A clash between deputy sheriffs and new miners near Birmingham on the Lone Tile and Nashville railway left one man dead and ten injured. Deputies guarding a hilltop mining area fired as armed workers rushed in, with several dying or severely injured. The incident occurred Tuesday, drawing medical teams as authorities investigated the chaotic confrontation.
Unclear OCR text records a local game or event involving Vin Potter. Fragmentary names suggest a match outcome or incident at a venue near Fernieigh with possible references to Henry Godman and Tosby. Details are uncertain due to damaged source text.
Abeos Cees faces a court appearance on September 8 to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of the court's order. The case centers on alleged violations by the Federation of Labor and by three labor leaders in public utterances and addresses.
New York aristocrat John Van Rensselaer, 40, son of Mrs John King Van Rensselaer, was taken into custody on a charge of attempted extortion after his mother reported a threatening letter demanding funds. He is married, connected with a local brokerage, and confessed to writing the letter to his mother.
Russian Admiral Binovi Petrovitch Rojestvensky, about 60, died Sunday night from heart trouble, believed caused by injuries in the Battle of the Sea of Japan. He had long been famed as a notable figure linked to the Japanese theater and to naval command during the conflict with Japan.
In Williams a fight led to the death of Mexican deputy Dominges. Two Mexican bystanders were wounded and James Duncan, a colored Harvey House bartender, is under arrest for murder. Duncan, recently back from the Philippines, has good character. The dead man’s brother vowed revenge.
A garbled report outlines a modern thief dubbed Dick Turpin using a car for robberies. It names suspects Edward Fake alias Geb bins and George Binford with ties to San Francisco and Louisville. The piece recalls a sequence of sensational heists aided by a large automobile and mentions a fatal blaze at Greworks factory from a nail in a shoe igniting powder.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a church event with unclear names and places. The readable parts imply a fortunetelling or religious forecast related to a church service and a Las conclusion but lack concrete details or identifiable entities.
Mexican editors describe Americana with terms like La Patria and patriots. The passage notes Moh Ta Peseta laws and Seward signers, urging journey to parts and benefit of Mexico as a defense of national interests.
London reports from Teheran indicate confusion over the governorship as Rachis Suse’s position remains unsettled. Daily Mail dispatch notes thousands in Persia facing shifting political winds while reemployment efforts are announced for over 16,000 workers in southern industrial centers within the coming 30 days.
Report of a strange murder found on a railroad track in Hackensack New Jersey. Mrs Otelia Eberhard said to be wounded thrice, dragged a mile to a secluded farmhouse. officials probing. Separate item notes a deadly auto accident near Warsaw Indiana involving Charles Sherman King and family, struck by a train on the Pennsylvania line.
Washington The interstate commerce commission has not released official information confirming a proposed increase in freight rates. If railroads raise rates, the commission would investigate. Chairman Knapp cites factors including wages, transport facilities, and new capacity to meet demand as key in judging any increase.
Taft says the Republican national committee will follow New York campaign contribution publicity laws and federal prohibitions on corporate gifts. He avoids commenting on labor leaders influencing votes, deeming it a propriety issue. He predicts leaders cannot regularly dictate voter choices across the American electorate.
William J. Bryan spoke from his lawn in Fairview to a crowd of several hundred teachers and students from the Pr mont normal school. He argued that producers lack fair rewards and called for government reform.
A murderer identified as Conelli killed himself in his Arlington Club room after escaping a mob of about a hundred people. He fired a shot through his head, and the motive remains unknown. In another note, the Atlantic battleship fleet opened to visitors with large crowds aboard and crowds visiting from many nationalities watched the event.
The readable fragments mention a failed effort in Chicago with references to a miner and terminus and a bumpare event. The text is garbled with uncertain terms and lacks clear names, dates, or outcomes.
The Atlantic battleship fleet reached Honolulu on a declared holiday as crowds gathered on Diamond Head and hills to view the armada. The Connecticut led in at noon followed by the division, while the third division coalled at Lahaina Maui. A Manila launch bound for Corregidor foundered in a typhoon with dozens lost and survivors rescued by the British steamer Baveric.
Dover Delaware reports a 60 year old farmer William Williams died from a brain blood clot after a heavy head injury. Authorities in Maryland and Delaware probe amid opposition from Waite and Williams families to his planned marriage to Elizabeth Walls.
Pittsburg inmate George Tusel at the Allegheny City home murdered fellow inmate Harry Bpeller and injured two guards after a desperate fight. Tusel had been in the insane department eight months. A separate Cleveland riot injured six as union and nonunion cabinet workers clashed near Lakeside and West Sixth Street.
A powder magazine explosion at the Northwestern Improvement Company near Tacoma Washington killed at least nine people and injured several. The blast shook the town, shattered windows miles away, and debris charred surrounding buildings as responders searched the area.
Adolph Jules the Italian gunman who killed two men at a Western Pacific construction camp and wounded a foreman and his wife was captured Friday at Toll Gate in Plumas County after a sharp fight with a sheriff's posse. He fired on officers but was surrounded and surrendered, then jailed in Oroville to prevent lynching.
Frank Johnson, a Black man, was hanged late Friday at the West Virginia penitentiary for the March 3 murder of Beulah Martin in Gypsy. Nine minutes after the drop, Johnson confessed to five killings to prison chaplain Rev. H. B. Sanford, naming several individuals he claimed to have harmed.
Sunday afternoon Walter Saratt, a 11 year old boy, fell into a 75 foot well with 10 feet of water and, after ten minutes, crawled out unhurt. He suffered a head gash and sprained arm and leg but cried only when realizing the injury. Father Bolre arrived as he emerged. Also, Payette preacher Dr G G Haley has set up a wireless telegraph station at Boise and plans another test with a Portland link. Haley built the instrument himself, not of the De Forest type, but similar to devices used with Davy.
Washington signals a welcome for the American life team returning from the Olympia games in London where it defeated leading shooting countries. The team is due in New York on Saturday July 25 with reception committees from the War Department and National Rifle Association coordinated for the event.
In Cleveland Ohio the Farmers and Merchants Banking company at 3837 West Twenty-Atth street failed to open Friday under a law that slowly depleted currency. The bank, capital $100000, carries assets and liabilities near $500000. The shutdown follows a two month buildup after two smaller banks settled in the city.
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