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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1903
Page
15
Disjointed extracts describe conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, weather, legal actions, injuries, and social events. Mentions include Turkey and Turkish forces, Oman or Morrocan concerns, California lumber districts, a court of appeals case over salary, a well accident in Oregon, and various political and social mentions.
Rioters attacked trolley barns in Dedgeport as a crowd of about four thousand gathered. Police and fire units faced stones and bricks while water from engine company No. 6 helped disperse the mob. At least thirty two injuries reported and state troops discussed.
Report confirms heavy casualties on both sides during engagements as Albanian chiefs blame a misunderstanding amid Imperial troops advance on Ipek. Sultan in Constantinople says pacification possible after Ipek occupation, while some Albanian leaders refuse submission and hold family hostages.
Settled by arbitration under Washington law the Spokane Falla Gaslight dispute with labor unions ends. Findings require the company to hire only union plumbers and urge that union teamsters be used after current contracts expire. The Teamsters boycott is withdrawn and striking gasmakers are to be rehired as vacancies arise.
In Omaha the strike by trades unionists appears to be winding down with widespread business reopenings. The teamsters' ranks fell flat Sunday as twenty five workers from a major delivery company dropped the objectionable demand features while employers push for lower wages. Restaurants reopen with colored staff and laundries resume with nonunion workers.
Four miners are trapped in a cavern near a drain drift four miles from Helena Montana with a shaft sunk to reach them. their fate is unknown as rescuers work to clear the passage and remove water. Deputy Constable Tom Vaughn was killed and Constable Dan Cimbam seriously injured at Douglas Arizona during the same incident. a suspect widow Suslth is pursued after escaping.
Gilbert Moran a Santa Fe railroad employee in Colton was shot on a street at Ban Bernardin by Frank Harton a vaudeville performer from San Francisco Moran survived. Harton was later charged with murder as authorities pursued the case amid unclear details. The incident drew a crowd and left questions about motive and timing.
Reports from northern and southern Montana describe a devastating snowstorm overwhelming the state. A Dillon dispatch says tens of thousands of lambs and sheep perished, with many newborns lost in the storm. A Portage range shepherd, MW I Wilson, was found dead, his flock missing. The blizzard is described as the worst in the region's history, causing incalculable damage across ranches.
A party of Idaho hunters reported a gruesome find as they fought a den of rattlesnakes. C. J. Matthews and fellow workmen uncovered an alarming scene during the encounter.
Ex Lieutenant Governor Knoblock and barber James Carnull clashed on Main Street killing Carnull as Knoblock fired after a weapon misfired. Autopsy reports five fatal wounds on Carnull. Knoblock surrendered and awaits bond. Knoblock previously served as lieutenant governor under Samuel D. McEnery and practiced law in Thibeaux.
A Kansas town faces heightened tension after a drunken clash left two men shot. The shooter’s tough character is cited as fueling fears of immediate mob action and potential lynching.
Report describes hunters near Black Creek uncovering a yellowed human skull with two bullet holes. In Coolidge Kansas Hugh Gallagher is killed and Tom Rhodes wounded as Bob Reynolds opens fire in town, then kills Gallagher before being jailed.
In New Haven Yale undergraduates filled striking truckmen positions prompting union leaders to ask President Hadley to bar the students from the labor. Hadley refused citing constitutional protection of the right to sell one's labor as threats of a potential general stoppage arose among the strikers.
China replies to US and Japanese ministers insisting it cannot open Manchurian towns to trade due to Russia's opposition. The American envoy urged opening Mukden Harbin and a minor port at the Yalu River mouth.
Meory Martindale of Milan City Montana fights wolves near a river den. A woman killed and two men wounded in a house attack at Pall River. A veranda escape and a hurried retreat followed the disturbance as neighbors responded.
A mail stage traveling from Holse to Idaho City was held up by a masked highwayman near Muller gulch. The robber forced the driver and three passengers to surrender valuables, netting only $1 from the passengers. Local authorities including Sheriffs Agnew and the Ada and Boise county detectives are pursuing the bandit with guards and bloodhounds.
Army and Navy Journal publishes General Nelson A. Miles letter denying medieval cruelty claims in the Philippine campaign. He says orders came from the president and soldiers were not acting on their own, criticizing rogue officers and Cruelties attributed to Macabebes as not representing the American army. In Oklahoma Guthrie jail escape, outlaw W. W. Montgomery killed jailer Jerry Emerson and was wounded by Emerson’s wife, confessing to three wives and arming himself with seized guns as a posse closes in.
Reported in Hot Springs and Montgomery counties moonshine liquor caused multiple deaths and injuries with some barrels contaminated by lye. Authorities cite chaos in Valparaiso and widespread gunfire as investigations begin amid sensational coverage by El Heraldo and claims of arrests and abuse involving a three year old.
A warning received by Oakland officials revealed a plan to assassinate President Roosevelt during his stay. The note named Charles Girardo and Antonio Polivinco, two men who allegedly agreed to meet at Girardo’s house to discuss the attack. Polivinco had a history of attempted regicide in Vienna.
Italian miner Augustin Garibaldi killed a fellow miner in a Majestic cabin near Trinidad Colorado. He was captured by a sheriff's posse and while returning to Majestic a mob tried to seize him. A running fight sent three officers with the prisoner to Trinidad and a mob threatens lynching as a heavily guarded jail holds Garibaldi.
Reports say William McCarthy, condemned wife murderer in Lexington Kentucky, killed himself by morphine Thursday night and died at 8 15 Friday. Death watchman Alex McKeever could not determine when or how the drug was taken. Mabini the Filipino minister of foreign affairs also dies of cholera. Captured insurgent letters show non seditious contact. No burial demonstration due to disease. George Kettler found dead in his Argo knight Kansas shop from possible head blow. Stephen Flann a patrolman killed in a pistol duel in Kansas City. Various other crime and accident items appear in the same update.
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