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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1903
Page
10
A lengthy, mixed-up news brief lists diverse items from a passion play planned in Oberammergau to global political rumors, economic changes, and local incidents. It mentions General Maldwin in Detroit, a 4,000,000 peanut industry capital, canal progress, and other unsettled events across the world with sporadic names and places.
In Taraca country by Lake Lanao east shore, Captain Porathing’s forces defeated Moros, capturing ten forts. American losses included two killed and seven wounded. Moros suffered 115 killed, 13 wounded, six prisoners, including the sultan. The ten forts were strong riverbank positions, with eight captured without loss after initial assaults. The ninth fort resisted. shelling and assault ended in surrender. Lieutenants Shaw and Gracie led two companies and cavalry to seize the final fort. Forts dismantled.
Report from Los Angeles says police arrested a man said to be one of four brothers of Czolgosz the assassin of President McKinley Acting under secret service instruction the man is detained behind bars until the president leaves Los Angeles
President Roosevelt arrives in California to a joyous welcome with Rough Rider veterans in uniform lining the platform. Floral Las Flores parade draws about 150000, reviewed by the president. Officials tighten security at Westminster Hotel as the president’s party rests in Los Angeles. Governor Pardee and Lieutenant Governor Anderson greet the leader in Redlands.
Meagre reports from St Paul Mine say a serious accident at Dexter, a small CPR station 66 miles west of Port Arthur, caused heavy loss of life. Twenty two people were reported dead with many laborers aboard a work train at Dexter.
An unnamed man was arrested and confined in the city on suspicion until after President Roosevelt leaves Los Angeles. No charge was lodged. Police detain him for questioning amid secrecy and a formal announcement is withheld.
Reports from Lime Peru warn of bubonic plague in the Callan port area alarm among residents. Mill workers, including thirty in a cited crew, faced drastic measures and market closures as authorities respond. A separate train wreck near the caboose caused fatal burns to several men onboard.
Ambassador Tower informs the Russian foreign office that China may sign an agreement with a Chinese bank granting exclusive privileges. Count Lagederf declares Russia will restore Manchuria to China, withdraw troops, and has no intention to interfere with the open door arrangement.
Reports claim Chinese forces recoupled units and moved a sizable garrison to the Tiga river region. New Chuang prepares for possible action as Kaetian entities observe. Details about Kaetian authority and New Cheang are referenced with large guns and orders to unoccupy areas.
In Jackson Tennessee the Mobile and Ohio railroad strike worsens with a fatal shooting of Will Yarboro, derailments, and trains blocked. Police faced a depot incident as strikers disrupt service and the railway plans to seek federal troops to restore order.
Captain Pershing and his force distance from Taraca report no opposition after fighting near Lake Lanao. Prisoners taken there swore allegiance to the United States and were released. Nine dattos and one sultan were killed at Taraca fort. He estimates Taraca population at 30,000 and Lake Lanao district at 100,000, noting prior undercounting.
A large fire in Ottawa Ont destroyed hundreds of houses and vast lumber as police nabbed John White, recently released from prison for arson, and prepared to charge him. International plague news bound Peru and coastal ports. Guayaquil cleanup funds amid flood of measures.
Miners in Silver City Idaho have secured an eight hour day after a union committee reached agreement with General Manager Cowan. The change will take effect as soon as possible with plans to implement within a week to ten days. Foreman D Maskie of the Lew Oblast mine is hospitalized in Wheatland Wyoming after an unusual accident involving startup of a pipe line.
Reports from Guatemala describe vast ash fall and lava effects from Santa Maria eruption. Eyewitness Manuel Huertado reports coffee plantations destroyed, ash depths up to fifteen feet, and ash extending over 1 000 square miles with long lasting sterilization of land. About one third of the coffee crop lost, totaling around 300 000 quintals.
A stone mason at work is seized by two masked men in Baku and driven to an ancient courtyard. They force him through a doorway into a bare room where he discovers a terrified woman wedged inside a cracked wall. Revolvers are brandished as the men threaten him.
Fragmented report cites a dubious plot to kill three leaders in the Chinese association linked to the Hee Yup group. Alleged ringleaders sought $500 per target, with the group pledging defense expenses and posthumous payments to relatives if convictions occurred. The piece mentions Panama Canal region concerns and fever at Isthmian commission meetings.
A man describes being forced to wall up an opening by a humorist and a Mohammedan woman who injured her husband. Stones and mortar used, the victim held at knife point, then body hidden in a carriage and dumped. Police search the Mohammedan quarter for clues with no trace found.
Nicaragua debates a gradual move from the aliver to the gold standard. Expected to take several years, the plan involves consulting a U.S. expert on the colonial system for guidance in the transition to Nicargua. A violent incident in New York left Mrs Leonard gravely injured, described as a stabbing by a cited assailant, with a parrot’s cries heard.
Fragmentary text describes representatives at Washington for arbitration and Hague convention issues. Mentions Bow, Alfred Taylor, Denney, and a Kaw River area event. Context unclear due to damaged OCR.
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