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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
5
Nevada news reports Likely and Alturas stage halted by masked men who seized a box believed to hold payroll gold. Passengers unharmed. outlaws fled into the woods as Wells Fargo messenger fled with the box. Sheriff and posse pursued the bandits.
The delay in moving troops to quell the uprising stemmed from an emptied treasury. Soldiers refused to march without pay and provisions, forcing the government to dispose of the Honduras Interoceanic Railroad. W. S. Valentine held the line under contract to extend it from Corom to Morran, guaranteed by New York capitalists. When not fulfilled, the property reverted to the state in 1904.
A violent confrontation occurred near Birmingham between deputy sheriffs and striking miners on Tuesday. One miner was killed and two deputies seriously wounded as armed groups attacked a barroom and opened fire. Dozens were injured and rushed to hospitals as chaos erupted in the mining district along the railroad line.
A fragmented OCR note describes V in Potter and others at a home event after an unspecified tea. It mentions ages and a people group, with unclear dates or outcomes, reflecting a damaged local page item.
The Cited Mini Workers of America figure heads face a show cause hearing on September 8 to explain why they should not be punished for contempt for public utterances and addresses that allegedly violated the court's order. The case involves the Federation of Labor and three labor leaders whose statements prompted the action.
New York aristocrat John Van Rensselaer son of Mrs John King Van Rensselaer was placed in custody on a charge of attempted extortion. At 04 the year old married man connected with a local brokerage house he returned home Monday night and was arrested after detectives presented a letter he allegedly wrote to his mother demanding money. He admitted writing the letter to the police and Lieutenant Manioe.
The aged Russian admiral Binovi Petrovitch Rojestvensky, about 60, died Sunday night in Germany from heart trouble, believed caused by injuries suffered in the Battle of the Sea of Japan. He had long been known for his prominent wartime leadership.
A fighting incident after a claim of an attempted arrest left Mexican deputy Domingos dead and two bystanders wounded. James Duncan, a Black bartender at the Harvey House, is jailed for murder. Duncan, a returned soldier, is described as of good character. The dead man’s brother vowed vengeance.
A report from Chicago details Edward Fake alias Geb bins and George Binford accused in a string of robberies aided by a large automobile. The scheme involved disguises and familiar callers to approach homes and steal loot. a related incident in Jersey City linked Josephine Vabo to a fatal powder fire at a factory. The article notes the perpetrators’ connections and the dramatic nature of the crimes.
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to a church event or omen with unclear wording. The text mentions an Ort church and a Calasaa Peekea phrase, leaving the exact event, place, and participants unreadable.
Fragmentary OCR lesson notes describe how editors in Mexico use harsh phrases about Americans. The column cites La Patria and Seward signatures and argues patriots defend Mexico’s interests, not foreigners, urging action at once.
London reports from Teheran describe a confusing political scene with competing claims about Rachis Suse and Cho Super head. A Daily Mail dispatch notes thousands of workers in Persia finding employment as 16,000 men are to be rehired within thirty days across southern factories and foundries.
In Hackensack New Jersey officials probe the murder of Mrs Otelia Eberhard found on the railroad line She suffered six bullet wounds and dragged herself a mile to an isolated farmhouse Police link the case to a broader fatal sequence amid a Sunday investigation.
Washington The interstate com leres commission has thus far d evived no official information com firming the proposed increase of freight rates. If the rates made by the railways are made the subject of complaint to the commission that body would investigate them. On its own initiative the com probably would Institute an inquiry into any general increase to be certain whether the rates are rea sonable and just. Chairman Knapp of the commis sion said: justification for increase io freight rats may be found if at all only in the fact that the increased cost of operation and maintenance of railroads has reached a point where reasonable profit on money invested in them is not posible from the revenue they flow receive. In determining whether Fateare reasonable careful consid eration is necessary of three factors that good wages are paid railroad employees that present transporta tion facilities be kept on a satisfac tory standard and that new facilities re provided to meet every increase in demand for them.
Taft says the Republican national committee will follow New York campaign disclosure and federal limits on corporate contributions. He declines to comment on labor leaders pressuring unions and asserts leaders rarely control how the broader American electorate votes.
William J. Bryan spoke from his lawn in Fairview Lincoln Neb addressing several hundred teachers and students from Premont Normal School. After greeting visitors he was introduced by Prof W H Clemmons principal of the school.
In Portland David Conelli, a condemned murderer, killed himself with a pistol while locked in his room as a mob gathered nearby. The mob numbering in the hundreds pressed the doors, but Conelli shot himself rather than face the crowd. The motive remains undetermined. The Atlantic battleship visit drew crowds in Honolulu with open house and crowd activity throughout the day.
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled fragments about a person named Grakes failing to work and references to Chicago and miners. Key names and clear events are not recoverable, leaving an incomplete, uncertain item with no verifiable facts.
The Atlantic battleship fleet reached Honolulu on Thursday and sparked a full city holiday. Crowds gathered on Diamond Head and other heights to view the armada as the flagship Connecticut led the formation and the third division coalied at Lahaina after passing Molokai. In Manila, a typhoon sank a pleasure launch from Manila to Corregidor, with about twenty-five dead or missing and fifty rescued by the British steamer Baveric.
Dover a Delaware section story reports the death of 60 year old farmer William Williams who planned to wed Elizabeth Walls. Maryland and Delaware authorities investigate a suspected murder but a coroner’s jury terms death as due to a brain bleed from a heavy blow. Families Waite and Williams opposed the marriage adding tension to the case.
Pittsburg police report an inmate George Tusel at the Allegheny City home in Claremont murdered fellow inmate Harry Bpeller and injured two guards after a desperate struggle. Tusel had eight months prior been committed to the asylum department. A separate Cleveland riot injured six as a clash between union and nonunion cabinet workers erupted at Lakeside avenue and West Sixth Street after weeks on strike.
A powder magazine blast at the Northwestern Improvement Company near Tacoma, Washington, killed at least nine people and injured several others. The explosion shattered warehouses near the town center, blew debris through the area, and rattled houses for miles.
Adolph Jules, an Italian wanted for the Western Pacific camp killings and an attempted murder, was found exhausted near Toll Gate in Plumas county after a pistol fight with a sheriff s posse. He surrendered in Oroville to prevent a lynching and awaits formal processing.
Frank Johnson, a Black man, was executed at the West Virginia penitentiary for the Beulah Martin murder near Gypsy on March 3. He confessed to five prior murders to the prison chaplain Rev. H B Sanford, naming names and addresses as he prepared for death.
Sunday afternoon Walter Saratt a seven year old boy fell into a 75 foot deep well with ten feet of water and crawled out after ten minutes. He suffered a bleeding head cut and sprains to his arm and leg but was not seriously hurt. Father Gaffey arrived as he emerged and the incident was noted at a wireless telegraph station in Boise where Rev. G G Haley reported progress on a new station at Payette.
Washington reports the American life team returns from Olympia games in London having defeated leading shooting nations. The squad is due in New York on Saturday July 25 with reception committees from the War Department and the National Rifle Association coordinating plans.
Cleveland bank Farmers and Merchants Banking Co at 3837 West Twenty-First Street failed to open due to depleted currency reserves. Capitalized at 100000, assets and liabilities are each about 500000. The bank’s closure follows a pattern started two months ago by two smaller local banks as securities could not realize. In Wyoming, thirteen bodies were recovered from Union Pacific Coal’s No mine after an explosion, with surface recovery ongoing. In New York, W. M. Corey of United States Steel arrived from Europe and anticipated restoring normal business conditions and production as prices stabilize.
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