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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1905
Page
2
A sprawling, garbled telegraphic dispatch reports multiple violent events and political tensions. Items mention an explosion at a Montclair quarry, a train arrest incident in Willietom, several fatal and serious injuries from accidents, a northern train wreck, and international tensions including a Chinese poster in Hilo and a litean government retaliation threat.
Washington reports President Roosevelt condemns Minister Bowen as "expecially reprehensible" for pressuring a witness to gain replacement documents. He accuses Bowen of months of scandal hunting and declares Bowen's usefulness in diplomacy at an end though some early good work is acknowledged.
In St Petersburg diplomatic efforts for the peace conference continue amid pressure from militant factions. Linevitch appeals to the emperor claiming near victory and seeks an opportunity to restore Russian prestige. Wartime mobilization talk grows as Sakharoff urges action. Meanwhile in Havana General Maximo Gomez is laid to rest after a large funeral procession marked by crowd disorder.
Samuel Whitney and Edward Bard were arrested at Point San Pedro by Sheriff Taylor of Marin county on murder charges. Gustave Johnson, foreman at Bull quarry, allegedly robbed of fifty dollars and held under water for three minutes before dying.
A czarist era report describes a Zemstvo deputation’s audience with the Emperor as a Siberian village is wiped out by pirates. Amid internal woes, Moscow lays out a nationalistic program and a new era. Survivors recount massacre and looting by pirate raiders.
Premier Rouvier and German ambassador Prince Radolin have reached a practical agreement on a conference to discuss Moroccan affairs. The talks eased tension between France and Germany, with both sides agreeing on major features and no intention to alter Morocco’s sovereignty or status quo. Germany had feared French designs on sovereignty and a protectorate akin to Tunis.
The Storthing adopted a reply to King Oscar’s June letter, urging peace and maintaining Scandinavian friendship. Swedish residents in Norway met and issued an address to Oscar and the Swedish people calling for amicable settlement of inter country differences. Swedish conservatives reportedly urge war and troop mobilization, seeking northern Norway as compensation for the union’s dissolution.
Governor Higgins receives a missive from Albert Patrick who rejects murder charges and seeks a medical review of Rice death and potential legislative inquiry into New York County justice. Patrick insists on no clemency and outlines plans to challenge solitary confinement and seek new evidence. Odell logs Rambler cross country trip highlighting durability.
A Vienna interview with a Japanese embassy official reported Japan will offer modest peace terms based on the age of hostilities note plus war costs indemnity. Japan does not seek Sakhalin or naval demilitarization but calls for anti revival guarantees for at least 50 years and seeks friendly ties with Russia.
Fragmentary text describes a shooting at the Portland Exposition tied to jealousy amid a tangle of unclear names and details. The surviving phrases imply a personal motive and a violent confrontation on or near the exposition grounds.
The fragment discusses a proposed thesis and mentions government actions, refined to prepare for a major policy shift. It references Will Le pranenied, Chak Biwi Men, and Mimailiadions of Ave wnilinna, noting a 180 COUNT HN to be maintained and a government role in the matter.
An 11 year old boy, Hutte Pant De Witt, who disappeared two weeks ago from Billings Montana, reappeared in Pocatello Idaho claiming two tramps abducted him there and forced him to beg for money and food on a freight train to Balt Lake. He said he was kept with his parents and attended school during the ordeal.
In Warsaw Russian Poland a melee between Cossacks and Socialists left two dead and about thirty-six wounded. A 2,000 strong march turned violent as red flags were seized and fighting ensued. Police swung torches and drew swor ds, with casualties at day end near a cemetery and a tense aftermath.
The Civic Federation adopted an executive committee report urging against city ownership or operation of public utilities. It states Chicago’s water works example shows city management may fail to run street car systems or other public services effectively.
Chicago officials and labor leaders foresee the Teamsters strike ending this week. The Chicago Federation of Labor plans missionary outreach to Joint Council officials and a referendum among strikers to decide on calling off the strike.
Washington reports tentatively set three plenipotentiaries from Russia and Japan for the Washington conference. M Neillof reportedly chairs the Russian mission while Ito may be replaced by Yamagata if ill. conference expected to convene mid August.
The nineteenth annual commencement of All Hallows College Salt Lake City was held June 15 at the Salt Lake Theatre. James Owen delivered the valedictory address as Rey P M Cushnahan conferred diplomas and awarded the medal to students.
A prison riot at Reval in Russia involving about 200 inmates, including women, erupted Saturday night over alleged maltreatment. Troops quelled the disturbance by Sunday morning at 3 the offenders were flogged and exits were blocked to prevent escapes.
Mary Hill aged six lies dying after intruders battered her home while her mother was away Bruce Britton aged eighty five was arrested at Prescott and two strangers are jailed awaiting probe. Crowds formed in multiple city districts angered by the suspected attack and possible lynching if the girl dies.
Samuel Greason, a colored man, was on Friday required of the murder of John Edwards. Mrs. Kata Edwards, wife of the murdered man, testified against Greason over three years ago and completely exonerated him. Edwards was killed nearly four years ago, and Greason was arrested months later. his death warrant had been issued ten times in what is described as one of the state’s most remarkable murder trials.
A historical piece argues that poor lighting causes vision problems in children and praises acetylene gas for its clear, steady illumination. It notes acetylene’s near sunlike color balance, affordability, and growing adoption in homes, churches, and institutions as a remedy for eye defects. It ends with a brief quotation about personal effort.
At the Order of Railway Conductors biennial convention in Portland Oregon resolutions condemn proposed federal rate controls. They praise Roosevelt and American Railways leaders, warn against a single commission power to regulate rates, and argue it would cause litigation, inequity, and harm to carriers amid rising costs. They cite the low cost of US transportation and share of freight in consumer prices, and reference Germany and women workers data as context for wages and living standards.
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