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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1905
Page
10
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Report describes Japanese and Chinese service forces in Korea, detailing numbers of troops from generals Tannas Okihara and Kawamura, with a total Japanese strength around 650 060 bayonets and 2M field guns. Mention notes cruisers demonstrating along the coast and movements in Manchuria.
Idaho approves two railroad routes to open interior regions. One links Indian Creek to Shoup along about twelve miles of Salmon river in Lemhi County with a $6,000 cost. The other runs from Montpelier to Franklin in Oneida County sharing costs. state funds cover about half. State engineers survey the routes and construction is expected to begin soon.
The meeting of the two emperors occurred at Nicholas II's initiative seeking an outside opinion from a peer on Russia's internal situation. The invite to William shows friendship and confidence. It signals high importance for Russia but will not alter German policy toward Japan or Russia. William had not seen Nicholas since autumn 1903.
Fred W Nutting a Switehman in Ore gon Short Line Yards is dead after a fatal wound in Salt Lake City Friday night. The gun, fired from Harrington and Richards revolver, was found far from Nutting as officers testified. Mrs Mattie Quinn, wife of Nutting’s foreman, gave the alarm and faced a coroner’s jury detailing the fatal struggle and remorseful confession. Nutting’s wife remains in Kansas City.
A severe cyclone swept west of Battle Mountain Nevada on Saturday night at 9 o clock, surge southeast across the country destroying trees sage brush and fences. Fifty two telegraph poles belonging to Southern Pacific and Western Union were twisted apart as chimneys porches and a windmill were carried away. No injuries reported though livestock may have been killed. occupants were frightened by the violent event.
Justice O'Brien of the New York Court of Appeals granted a stay on the execution of lawyer Albert T Patrick, convicted of the murder of William M Rice, an aged Texas millionaire, pending reconsideration of his case. The motion for a reargument contends that important points were overlooked by a majority in the conviction. In a separate item, Ruth Beaty, 12, daughter of George Beaty, a sandman near Livingston Montana, was fatally gored by a dill while milking cows after attempting to drive the animal away.
Four Wesly family members die after consuming a mix of toadstools and mushrooms at a birthday gathering in Philadelphia. The event linked to a farmer named Tanulfeville and Kiweah Prana. surviving spouse and child are noted, with unclear details about the remaining household. Investigation ongoing.
Honolulu a prisoner Whitlock faces charges of desertion from the gunboat Bennington. He claims he missed the voyage and merely intended to desert. He asserts boiler concerns aboard the vessel were unrelated to his departure and that the crew believed safety issues existed but did not force his leaving.
The article describes federal forest service efforts to mobilize resources for wildfire containment across the Western United States. It mentions planned moves to collect equipment and personnel, with focus areas including California, Nevada, and Utah, to support firefighting operations along mountain regions and river basins.
A Riverside man is found dead under unclear circumstances. Investigators and relatives mention a business tie and a state senator cousin, with police examining possible foul play and a potential labor dispute as part of the background.
Four sailors are believed drowned after the Mary Scote sank near Brandywine Shoals in Delaware Bay during a stiff east gale. The Markiette, Zealand, and Circe sailed from Philadelphia for a cruise. the crew of four remained aboard to guide the vessel, but the yacht grounded and sank. Capt. Fred Vogel and the Markette searched the area and recovered the Juno’s launch, hull down near the Brandywine Light. Dr Hobart A Hare and Lacie S Landreth were rescued in Philadelphia.
San Francisco mayor Eugene E. Schmitz faced grand jury questions on alleged non-feasance and neglect of duty. He was served a subpoena and questioned over an hour, with inquiries into failure to collect city rentals and deposit funds per the charter, which he said he acted on legal advice.
An autopsy on a patient described as Italian, who died Saturday of a suspected fever, confirms yellow fever. State health officials notify governors of neighboring states and plan a detention hospital. Authorities will apply Havana outbreak methods to stamp out the disease quickly.
Roswell physicians report former Kansas congressman Jerry Simpson critically ill from a rupture near a heart artery. He may recover if tissue holds. dressings allow mobility but house confinement for at least three months. Also noted is Anton Lingschett, 30, brick yard driver in Helena MT, found dying after a fatal axing in a barn near the works.
A tornado struck the northern rim of Racine County on a sunny day, killing two men and causing $100,000 in damage to property and crops. The storm, moving from the southwest, tore apart Adolph Meisner’s large barn and hurled debris up to 200 feet, with trees and fences blown down and grain and farm machinery scattered.
Colonel Lamont, formerly secretary of war under the Cleveland administration, died suddenly at his Millbrook home in Dichesa county Sunday afternoon. Mrs Lamont and Mr Lamont were driving earlier. physicians said a heart failure caused the attack despite treatment, and he died within thirty minutes.
A suspect identified as Weiner Mik Depulz Sherienew Velyrhod Munday was captured and taken to Weber jail. A preliminary Hewrlog is set for Wednesday to determine further actions, with officials naming Dambeige as the regional point of contact for the United States Postal Hepeelar Phat.
A fragmented local notice lists numerous names and phrases tied to a murder case. It references Bevin and others in unclear sequences, with scattered terms suggesting investigations, possible suspects, and locations. The readable fragments provide no clear timeline or resolution.
The Bennington, a US Navy vessel, exploded and wrecked at San Diego harbor causing many deaths and injuries. Fifteen feet of water filled the hold as crewmates labored to reach boiler rooms amid wreckage. Cause of the boiler explosion remains under investigation with boilers on the port side suspected but not confirmed. The ship had just arrived from Honolulu and was awaiting Commander Lucien Young when the blast occurred.
A lightning strike hit a Texas Oil company tank in Humble on Sunday causing a major fire. Eleven of twelve tanks burned by night with over a million barrels consumed. About fifty workers surrounded by flames and many teams cremated, with potential deaths and property losses totaling millions.
A cloudburst hit Georgetown Kentucky and Georgetown Indiana, twelve miles from New Albany, and nearly washed away the town. Main street water stood three feet deep, causing extensive damage to stores and property. Little Indian Creek became a torrent, overflowing banks and flooding surrounding land with significant destruction.
Rodney B. Swift, ex-official and stockholder of the International Harvester Co., was freed on habeas corpus in Chicago after an Indiana indictment charging conspiracy. A $10,000 bond for August 28 appearance was posted. He allegedly induced Haywouter Co to pay Hadley of Indianapolis $76,000 for a machine but kept $36,000 with a brother W C Swift.
Investigators in Constantinople seek the attacker responsible for the Friday assault on the citadel. no suspect identified or origin confirmed. Eyewitness accounts are sparse as the incident left many casualties and scattered debris among the city streets.
Otis Delacey a Central cafe waiter died after being fatally shot by James Watson a 29 year old former Duluth resident. Watson entered the restaurant after being refused service and fired twice as Delacey fled toward back stairs.
Jerome, who says he is cousin of New York attorney William T Jerome, is freed by the grand jury in Chicago after being charged with murdering Charles Faure. Faure died last Sunday after a struggle during which Jerome allegedly threw him from the stairs to the pavement below.
Seattle arrived travelers Wieh Daran J Romula and companions left Seattle at 8 p m Thursday for New York City. They will travel in private cars under President J J Hill arrangements and hurry to their destination. Komura declined Mr Hill s invitation for a tour of the Parent Lakes citing haste. The party will reach St Paul via Great Northern and Chicago via Burlington and proceed to New York on the Pennsylvania lines. Komura held an informal dinner with John D Farrell at Hotel Butler. he will not grant interviews in America about peace talks or war conditions. Solo serves as spokesman on non interview matters for the delegation.
Edward Gottschalk, sentenced to death, died by hanging in St Paul county jail Wednesday afternoon. He tied a cloth to a wall hook, raised himself, and strangled. The prior February he killed Christian Schindeldecker with a meat cleaver in a shop. Joseph Hartmann, his associate, was found dead in the Mississippi near Fort Snelling. Gottschalk claimed self defense in Hartmann’s murder and denied the Schindeldecker killing.
Five miners were killed when twenty five pounds of dynamite exploded in a storage powder house at the West Riverside coal mine two miles from Des Moines. Victims named Charles Brown Duke Miller Harry Belknap Dell Vance and George Arrowwood. Bodies scattered for 500 feet. Lightning struck a tree near the building igniting the dynamite and two kegs of powder. The blast occurred while workers sheltered during a rainstorm and left the mine unaware until the day shift arrived.
An unsuccessful attempt was made early Wednesday morning to wreck the northbound Twin City express of the Northern Pacific near Scappoose Oregon. A 750 pound steel rail was placed across the track on a downhill stretch by the river. The engineer saw the obstruction in time to slow the train but the impact still bent the locomotive rail car coupling into a broken horseshoe shape.
In Taken Prisoners Tokio reports that 8 Rossian lieutenants and 13 marines from the battleship Kuiaz Souvaroff, flagship of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, were captured after landing at Enduma Point on Sakhalin. They say they were ordered to attack a British steamer to Vladivostok but hit a reef and ran aground on Vewnp island, then set fire to and abandoned the Olibamia on June 17.
Jonn Levengs, newly named chief engineer of the Panama Canal, sails Thursday for Panama aboard the steamship Mexica. The voyage follows his appointment and signals plans to assume early control of canal operations.
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