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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1903
Page
2
A wide slate of incidents from across the country includes tornadoes in Kansas and Oklahoma, fires in Quebec, a race track wreck in Minnesota, and violent deaths in Missouri and Iowa. Reports mention casualties, arson, suicides, and a landmark Lincoln elm downed by wind, with political notes on a Kentucky governor sending militia and a presidential interview.
A violent storm last Sunday night ravaged Clay Franklin and Kearney counties in northern Nebraska. Fifteen people perished, about twenty injured, and property losses reach around sixty thousand dollars. A dwelling and outbuildings were obliterated, with residents shaken and families in mourning. Elsewhere, a separate report notes the Macedonian revolutionary movement leader Delenti was killed, a Turks related assault cited in Sofia.
James Richardson was shot in the groin by F. L. Stevenson at a Missouri Pacific water station sixteen miles east of Pueblo Colorado. Richardson lay bleeding for hours as his wife and year old son could not help, before medical aid arrived. Stevenson, jailed in Pueblo, claimed he mistook Richardson for a robber during the incident.
Gardeon for a rubber incident led to a meeting between Richardson and local farmers. Richardson is expected to recover. The two parties reportedly discussed agricultural concerns and future cooperation.
Glanders has caused the death of Simon Wilson, a stableman in Newark, N J. The disease, peculiar to horses, has attacked a human. A second case is Alfred Meyers in the last stages of the disease.
Memorial Day events mark the presentation of Augustus Saint Gaudens' female statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman in New York. The sculpture, praised as a pinnacle of American art, sits at Central Park’s Fifth Avenue and Fifty-Ninth Street.
A late night cloudburst in Enid Oklahoma caused extensive destruction with 200000 in property damage. Hundreds were left homeless as floodwaters swept through the bottoms and the town. Rescue workers saved many as citizens faced scarce relief funds. Also report notes Idaho canal project to reclaim 75000 acres via American Falls system to irrigate fertile lands.
A Sunday afternoon ball game in Nampa Idaho ended in a shooting affray. Policeman Grogan was wounded in the shoulder by James T. Quartes a Boise Black from Boise. A colored bartender Williams was arrested with Quartes. A mob attempted to lynch the prisoners but police and special officers deterred them. Additional reports cover unrest in Santiago capital blast casualties and other distant incidents.
A severe cyclone struck Baling county and surrounding areas in Kansas Thursday night. Two youths, William A Olson and Peter Olson, were killed while others were injured as homes were demolished and crops damaged. The storm caused widespread destruction across Blaine Wright and Ashland, with immense damage reported to wheat and property.
A Amarillo report states a severe Thursday night storm struck Panhandle country. Mrs Wilson and her child died when their home near Hereford was blown down. Mr Wilson was fatally injured. Property damage occurred around Amarillo.
Reports from St Petersburg describe widespread anxiety among officials over outbreaks during the city’s bicentennial festivities. Police urge factory owners to grant holidays, while workers may resist, and revolutionary pamphlets threaten czarist symbols. Nearby, Cuban banquet tensions and a Union Pacific strike update appear in a broad, disjointed digest of international events.
Fragmented reading of a pained era describes a lasting US treaty with Oba Incorporated and Platt Amendment while detailing violent outbreaks against Jews in Kishinev and Russian upheaval. It notes Cuban affairs maneuvering and a Hawaii legislative note amid unstable postwar diplomacy.
A garbled historical dispatch describes political strife over Hawaiian language rights, constitutional challenges, and legislative actions. It references Cooper, territorial government debates, threats by natives, and a broader context of unrest, with mentions of locale Frank Canada and an armed incident amid civic authority clashes.
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