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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1905
Page
2
A collage of jumbled notes and quips spans topics from women in golf to autopsy jokes, socialites abroad, and frontier inventions. The column riffs on figures like Roosevelt Gates Carnegie and d Annunzio, with snatches about Hamlet, crinolines, landlords, and a Maine telephone law.
On Jolo island fighting between the Moro chief Pala and Major Wood’s forces ends with Pala and 300 to 600 followers cornered at Inawamp after two weeks of conflict. Casualties reported: Pala’s side 300 killed, Wood’s forces seven killed and nineteen wounded. Pala, once a slave trader, led a revolt after massacres and demands for deserters went unheeded by British authorities.
A Santa Fe passenger train No 17 was wrecked near Emporia Kansas when spikes and fish-plates were removed from rails on a curve. Six passengers were injured and two may die. The wreck, the fourth attempt in four months to ruin trains here, occurred at 2 30 Sunday morning. Passengers awoke to find the baggage car off the track and a field hospital improvised. A relief train from Emporia soon carried the injured away.
In Asseay Deux-Sevres a heavily armed outlaw resisted authorities. A melinite charge exploded the wall after engineers and soldiers formed a cordon. The fugitive escaped but was later captured and sent to hospital in serious condition amid jeers from the crowd. He had been a gamekeeper and faced charges for shooting his former employer, injuring four gendarmes during the siege.
Deputy Webb was overpowered by Ed Lee Martin Tour and William Wardlows as they escaped from the county jail. They gagged Webb's wife and fled toward the Casper mountains after looting arms and clothing. A posse pursued them near the mountain summit seven miles out, but the trio escaped. Leo, a former deputy, awaited trial for horse stealing. Tour was a cattle thief and Wardlows a forger and border crook.
Henrietta Trobingon, 89, known as the veiled murderess linked to royalty, dies at Malleawan state hospital. Convicted in the Troy murders of Timothy Lanagan and Catherine Lubee in 1853, she wore a veil during trial and initially faced execution. Her sentence was later commuted and she spent years in asylums, repeatedly refusing to reveal her true identity.
A chaotic incident at Snyder, Omanoma, leaves many dead and injured including Knows dead figures. Names such as Mr Maule, Jon McCurk, and Mike Aikewr are cited among those involved as authorities recount the widespread harm and ensuing crisis. The event highlights ongoing instability and critical distress across the region.
In Butte seven men were killed and one fatally injured in a mine explosion at the Carra mine of the Big Halnze properties Friday morning. Nola Wampa carried forty sticks of dynamite when the blast occurred, blowing him and nearby workers to pieces. Fire and debris destroyed Flora’s business district, with losses estimated around $200,000.
An unclear report discusses Poles gaining the right to buy land in Poland and mentions the impact on land tenure and governance. It references authorities and laws affecting property ownership, with mentions of rulers and official status within the Polish state.
A crazed assailant identified as W. B. Robinson killed five people in San Diego, shooting Mrs Stewart and son William, stabbing Emma Stewart’s son, and fatally shooting H. Doddridge and his mother, then turning the gun on himself after a brief chase through the city An internal revenue collector’s son and others were among the victims.
Jobh F. Olsen, a traveling salesman and former president of the Travelers' Protective association, was sentenced by Judge Smith in the superior court to five years in San Quentin for embezzling $860 worth of diamond jewelry owned by Mrs Ella K Thurber of this city.
Mrs Rienara Howes wife of the Swift Co casing department manager and Mrs Irving A Want wife of the assistant treasurer were each bonded at 10000 dollars to guarantee their appearance as witnesses in Chicago as the federal grand jury resumes the beef inquiry investigation.
A tornado struck Snyder Oklahoma Wednesday at midnight, wiping out much of the town of about 1,200. Reports place deceased near one hundred with around 150 injured, many critical, as hospitals in Guthrie and Oklahoma City take in the wounded. Affected structures include six hotels felled and two-thirds of buildings wrecked, with total losses estimated at 350000 dollars. Relief trains formed from Mangum Hobart Chickasha and Lawton, and efforts focus on shelter, morgue use, and financial appeals to aid reconstruction and families.
A Pennsylvania express train crashed into a dynamite freight train at 1 10 am near Harrisburg. Three explosions wrecked two trains and set the scene aflame. Fifty feared dead and 100 injured as passengers were hurled from berths and some driven into the Susquehanna. Firefighters, doctors, and a police ambulance aided the injured.
Tokyo reports the Indo Chinese situation nears crisis as the Russian Pacific squadron may enter French waters. A port near Hong Kong was seen inside bay area on May 6. Merchants discuss boycotting French goods despite government assurances, with a chamber vote possible.
The American Block Growers Association formed January 16 at the National Livestock convention in Denver adopted a constitution and by laws. Representation is by delegates with representatives of stock associations admitted by the executive committee. Murdo MacKenzie of Trinidad Colorado was elected president, A D Ricquels of Denver first vice president, J H Boardman of Helena second vice president. The president may appoint an executive committee of thirty to name the secretary and treasurer.
Reports indicate an imminent naval engagement as Admiral Rosentvensky and Rear Admiral Nebogatom unite on May 10. The Combined squadron may advance northward without delay, with Nebogatom’s ships delaying briefly for coal and clearance before entering the Straits of Malacca.
A large gathering of Chinese merchants met Thursday to protest a proposed exclusive treaty discussed in the United States. Telegrams were sent to Yuan Bit Kai and Chow Fu urging a boycott of American goods until treaty terms are modified. All merchants pledged cooperation. Treasury Clerk Wallace H. Hills Dies in Carisso New Mexico. Secretary Shaw received word of Hills death in a hotel bed during official business. Hills, 55, had served the Treasury for forty-one years.
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