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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
2
A Sunday 6 o clock tornado struck Charles City Iowa demolishing farms and barns. The path was about ten rods wide with stock killed and a man named W R Beck dead. Four children are missing as the storm moved northeast passing near the college and lifting water from the river bed.
In Eufaula Oklahoma Sunday afternoon fifteen Checotah men clashed with local citizens as Deputy Constable F M Woods and Joseph Parmeter were shot. Woods likely to die. Parmeter wounded but not seriously. The incident began when Woods tried to disarm Parmeter during an attempt to seize county records for removal to Checotah. The exchange involved about fifteen gunshots, with Checotah men arriving by train armed to take courthouse records amid a temporary Supreme Court injunction.
A deranged pension official named Joseph Pospisivlabumplige held police for hours then shot Aimeris through the brain and fired at neighbors and bystanders in a frenzied delirium. The violent spree ended without further confirmed fatalities as responders and witnesses describe a chaotic scene tied to a real estate dispute and threats.
An arson attempt at St Paul Catholic Church Moat aimed to burn the church during mass. About 1800 people attended including many women and children. As alarm spread parishioners exited orderly while the roof burned and firefighters rushed to the blaze.
Police thwart a major plot by the Society of the Black Cross to bomb royal family members at a June 11 religious feast. Arrested teachers include Jose Ayala Adao Duarte and Constantine Mendes as Hotorione aharehists. Bombs and correspondence show ties to anarchists in Barcelona and Madrid and connections to the 1908 king assassination group.
The Hongkong British steamer Pow An, twinscrew 2349 tons, running Hongkong Canton Macao, struck a rock off Santia feland Monday night. Eighty natives are missing, but all European passengers and officers were rescued. Built at Glasgow for Hong Kong Canton Macao Steamboat Co. Limited.
The Mcintosh county seat conflict records a second fatality as General Dunlap guarding the Eufanis courthouse was shot on the building’s third floor. County clerk Bidujlan faces charges related to the event amid a spree of violence and confusion surrounding the incident.
Snow and rain paralyzed Butte as eight inches of snow turned to slush, halting telegraph service, streetcars, and lights. Mines shut down and railway lines east of Missoula crippled by flood damage. Northern Pacific mobilizes pile drivers while ten thousand workers fight rising floodwaters.
A late Friday afternoon tornado near Geneva caused two deaths and multiple injuries. The Shively farmhouse west of Geneva was demolished, Mrs Shively and a farmhand were among the injured, and the storm damaged several nearby structures including an industrial school housing.
An explosion in the starboard engine room of the United States armored cruiser Tennessee during a speed trial off Point Henenene Cal caused multiple deaths and injuries. Admiral Sebree Captain Howard and Chief Engineer Roberts were aboard. several sailors perished and others were wounded as the ship's engines failed to respond to full brake power.
A chaotic streetcar crash in Elgaht and Anngpne area leaves numerous fatalities and injuries as trains collide in wet conditions. Officials from WTOP Deoliete Cole Eriaeynant report initial casualty figures and ongoing rescue operations while commuters face widespread disruption.
At the Pantheon ceremony closing Emile Zola's canonization in Paris a gunman, Louis Anthone Gregors, fired twice at Major Alfred Dreyfus. Dreyfus was not seriously hurt, a bullet entering his forearm. Gregors was seized and jailed as the scene caused a national stir amid theories of royalist influence and political motives.
Madeline King of Ollila Washington, jailed on suspicion of murdering her husband Beward King, claimed she did not know cremation as a method. She spoke with her daughter Anna Marl Plelier about cremation and funeral practices, amid questions about whether bodies are burned rather than buried. The case unfolded as authorities pursued the cremation explanation and the funeral’s timing.
Omaha reports a violent tornado crossing southern Nebraska and northern Kansas. At least twenty one dead five fatally injured many others seriously hurt. Byron Nebraska and Courtland Kansas cut off. heavy rain followed leaving many without shelter. Phillipsburg Kansas also devastated with multiple deaths.
Caracas dispatch reports Laguarira remains cut off from world contact despite a May 29 decree by President Castro to open Lagualra port for commerce. New plague cases appear daily, merchants exhausted, funds drained, and aid scarce for the afflicted.
Arrangements are underway in Salt Lake City for the fifteenth annual United Commercial Travelers meeting on June 18 to 20. Delegates from across the inter-mountain west are expected, with committees reporting strong progress on parade, entertainment, and decorations for three days of pleasure and profit for visitors.
In Silverton the Gold King Mine at Gladstone suffers a catastrophic fire. Twenty three men are missing and feared dead after a rescue party of thirty four descended to the fifth level. Fourteen reached the surface drain while others remained overcome by noxious air.
A chaotic report details an elopement between Unkonen Wieningiin of Laramie and Mika Krances Linacomb from Wiehe lugton, followed by a mismatch of marriage plans and a bank fraud case. It mentions warrants, hearings, and a tense wartime era context with references to Farmorate post National bank and a defalcation case impacting creditors.
The report covers mining activity across several districts including Pearl Idaho and Salt Lake, noting the Black Pearl battery addition and crosscut tunnel progress. It cites Alaska season gold output projections, Salt Lake Exchange trading, Pearl Peyr operations, and new Harmony Anthracite Coal plans in Utah with extensive stock and dividend figures.
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