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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
10
London reports a sharp dispute between Portugal and China over Macao dependencies. Portugal sends General Machato to seek an amicable understanding while China refuses to enter talks and demands evacuation of Macao and nearby islands. The British government has intervened per The Hecule.
Washington reports a London conference on June 21 with meteorologists from major nations. The meeting will discuss wireless storm warnings and universal vessel signals, with the United States represented by Professor Willis J. Moore of the Weather Bureau.
A compromised 1919 naval budget outlines five torpedo destroyers and one modern cruiser for the fleet, with Helena, Butte, and other lines tied to a rail-bridge project funded by a major contractor. The plan aims to advance Pacific defense and supports heritage railroad work in Montana.
Four masked men robbed the Union Pacific No 2 Overland Limited about five miles west of Omaha just before midnight on May 22 seizing seven registered mail pouches. The train was halted in a deep cut along the Lane cutoff and the robbers fled south. passengers were unharmed as police pursued the suspects.
Six men were seriously injured by a missed shot at the Promontory Point rock quarry on the Southern Pacific line. The blast occurred as a work train waited nearby under Blasting Foreman Erick Geta foen and Conductor Jenkins with crew aboard.
The Senate again refused to debate or act on legislation while the tariff bill waits. It rejected a Burton resolution to authorize spending unexpended river and harbor funds, citing no business outside the pending bill. In New York Harlem Emma Goldman was blocked from speaking. police dispersed hundreds, with two arrests.
Two Kansas Agricultural college students Gladys friah of Manhattan and Walter Goddard of Minnespolia Kan drowned early Sunday when their boat on the Missouri River rocked and sank. A third man W A Bowers and engineer Charles JIe were injured. The wreck occurred as the party returned from a country outing and the river had risen recently from spring freshes.
A 19th century reflection traces Memorial Day origins from Union and Confederate graves to 1890s observances. It honors veterans from the Civil War to the Spanish American War, noting unity, sacrifice, and the fading line between north and south as ceremonies endure.
Scattered clippings report a bank robbery at a Cairo state bank with 96000 seized and a blast demolishing the safe. several fires and injuries follow from lamp and electrical accidents. Other items note storms from Texas to Oklahoma, deaths by lightning, and various political and social developments across North America.
The report references a string of incidents and investigations across multiple locales. Mentions a ward for arrest, a farmer killing his bride and leaving a note, railway plans, irrigation orders, and losses tied to a Nevada jockey club, all amid scattered details of police actions and local events.
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