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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1906
Page
2
The report compiles global and domestic items with scattered names and events including parliament decisions war taxes crime trials bank raids bank killings gas incidents weather crop losses and royal marriage plans, reflecting a noisy early 20th century newspaper page with numerous named individuals places and organizations.
A cyclone swept through the area south of Billings Oklahoma at 10 o clock Sunday night causing severe injuries to three people including Mr and Mrs James Russell and Mrs Sam Merrifield. Homes were blown apart and outbuildings carried away with substantial farm buildings twisted and crushed. A cloud was sighted south of Billings and split toward Red Rock and Cerres.
The body of Albert N McVicar a Rawhide mine worker from Jamestown Cal was found in a trunk at the Southern Pacific depot. Emma LeDoux known as Mrs McView was arrested in Antioch for purchasing the trunk and the alleged rape and murder claims. Her husband may be unaware and a man named Miller is named in her account as assisting the crime.
A washout on the Chicago and North Western branch near Harper Wyoming caused a bridge span failure over the Platte River. Nine people died and thirteen were injured, most aboard a caboose as it sank and water flooded the car.
Bolas Wa Governor Gooding on Monday received from New York a telogram bearing a signature of deta Co Chase former miasor Hav erhill Mase and that a can millhee FepreReNTNE a Nuumber of Later ites wena bomyer York to hear the ruttesime of Harry Or chard and Slave Adame ae related to the detectives and prosecuting-af fears The New York labor leaders are empieced to be acting on the bogus prelamation
The Los Angeles based report describes five members of Pedro Meza’s family, president of La Firma, massacred by Yaqui Indians near Sonora, Mexico. Three Meza family members survive including Pedro’s baby son and two daughters Merced and Eliora. Pursuit by Mexican troops was urged to quell raiding bands as bodies lay roadside between Orile and Ta Dora.
Details of a March 22 seizure near Canton describe pirates in junks boarding the Standard Oil launch Comet and a tow vessel between Wampoa and Canton. A jar grenade was used to disable the engine room, crew overpowered, vessels beached, valuables looted, rifles and ammunition taken, hero sene cargo untouched.
Warsaw report describes robbers shooting a Vtula railroad paymaster and taking 3500. In Patianice near Lolz, thirty four girls at Kindler’s ollis refused to strike and were poisoned by powder spread on the floor. one girl died and others were seriously ill with ten not expected to recover.
A carpet tack between cap wheels caused a spark triggering a blast at the Phoenix Powder Works near Lava West of Fleming. Fatalities include John Nash aged 58, Ewart Hie ginbotham aged 2, and bridge carpenter W. Gpa og aged 25. Watchman Sib clas Terre, and track Walker also perished. several workers injured.
A local official, Mois Ob Tetinka, chief of the social police in Tambo, was accused of abusing a young girl. The case centers on alleged cruelty and a Christmas accusation, with calls for accountability against the Hines of the Hpaalith and related parties.
A boy delivering dinner at the Teontin Mite porcelain works narrowly escaped tragedy when he fell toward a canal wall. A courageous rescuer stepped in, pulling the youth from danger as workers shouted warnings and attempted to assist. The incident occurred near the Newell porcelain operation, with onsite staff aiding until safety was ensured.
A clash near Ma caon Samar left thirty Pulajanes dead and sixteen constabulary casualties. Pulajane leaders invited a surrender photo, but blew a whistle to charge the officials as Governor Curry Judge Lobinger and Hoover watched. Constabulary repelled the assault, pursuing survivors into the mountains.
Washington orders postmasters in New York and Brooklyn to block mail ads for fifty two legal medical offices and to stop delivery of mail under fictitious or assumed names used by these firms. The action follows prior efforts by Cortelyon in Boston and Philadelphia to curb such criminal concerns.
Brith freight steamer Titania, after battling fire at sea and a perilous voyage in a blinding snowstorm, struck a submerged rock near entering the harbor Sunday night. Hull ripped. crew fought to reach port as water breached the vessel.
Reports from the famine district describe widespread suffering with thousands said to be on the verge of starvation. Authorities push work programs for able bodied and many parents are sending children to the crowded Okayama orphanage. Government relief includes tax remittance but rapid aid remains essential as aftermath from the recent earthquake in SulIi Formom prompts renewed appeals.
A report describes a fatal lightning strike at Hin Pulpit during a thunderstorm. The victim, a local preacher named Mee Whale, died within half an hour after the bolt struck him at the preaching table. Several congregants were injured but survived.
New York grand jury examined conditions from the legislative inquiry into insurance funds funneled to political campaigns. Justice O’Sullivan urged jurors to decide if larceny occurred, noting intent is for jurors to determine from facts. He contrasted his view with District Attorney Jerome who said no grounds for prosecution due to lack of proven intent.
Boston reports eighty five lives lost and fifty four ships wrecked along New England and maritime provinces last winter. Sail vessels predominated among wrecks with nine steamships and eight barges also lost. British flagged ships suffered most, while Norwegian, German, and Swedish vessels were sprinkled throughout. The steamer British King foundered near Sable Island on March 11, with eighteen to twenty lives lost. exact figures uncertain as some crew deserted before sailing.
Haberstien reporting from Kernville describes a mob action by transient laborers who forced nine Japanese Edison Electric employees to flee the town under threat of dynamite. Tent housing and camp facilities were destroyed as the group headed toward the railroad forty miles away amid company instructions.
A two year old girl Milly Grace Zeliper was shot and killed in Ohio by Roy Shanks who then died by suicide. Zeliper, a church leader and shop owner, was widely known. Shanks had been her suitor and parents opposed marriage. A witness list includes Jennie Doneald and others connected to Pleasanton area. authorities investigate alleged improper relations as motive.
Jamdou Turkay Waving declined to withdraw her troupe from Tabet on the Anglo Mey frontier of Senopenlacula. Ly claims Egyptian territory and Turkiah empire. Great Britain replies it cannot accept that view and hopes the Sultan will be influenced to modify the contention. No further details available locally.
Ten men confirmed dead at Century Coal mine in Fairmont West Virginia with 25 to 75 others missing or unaccounted for after an explosion in the shaft. Foremen report weather and damaged lines hindered communication delaying full casualty details. Foreign workers are among the victims. A relief crew was dispatched and the initial rescue pullout recovered five dead and five injured near the shaft bottom.
Executives of the American Federation of Labor weigh responses to President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon amid tensions over legislation. They hint at appealing directly to the people if Congress ignores grievances, signaling organized labor may push to elect sympathetic candidates.
Washington sources report an extended conference among President and Attorney General Moody Secretary Garfield and others about the adverse decision by Judge Humphrey in the Packers case. No service details were available, Moody plans to study the law bearing and whether the appeal from Humphrey’s line will tie.
Professor Dri has died at his home in New York City aged 42. He was a renowned expert on the science of poisons and taught chemistry at York College for over forty years. He was affiliated with the Belleville hospital medical college.
Kansas state court records show attorney Gibson acting as a guarantor in a saloon dispute tied to a brewing company. The case involves a monthly payment arrangement and a disputed one month demand, with a claimed amount of five dollars.
A garbled report describes a coroner notice involving O Polson and O. Robinwan aged 40 found with morphine substance at a hotel on Thursday. The fragment mentions a pacific company and a Weavem family link, but details are unclear.
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