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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1905
Page
10
A wide range of early 20th century incidents appear, including train wrecks killing seven, a Mountain View Oklahoma tornado fatal to six and injuring a teen, a Bank of Creighton robbery in Missouri, a Halloween prank death in Chicago, and high level diplomatic moves for Britain and Spain. Also noted are disasters at mines in Bellaire Ohio, shipwrecks in the North Sea, and various federal decisions on graft limits and maritime posts.
American party candidate Ezra Thompson was elected mayor of Salt Lake City on Tuesday, with Republicans in third place. Ogden reelects Democratic mayor by narrow margin. Provo backs Republican Frisby. Park City Democrats sweep. Lehi and Richfield show mixed results. Heber, Richmond also favor Democrats. Price opts for straight Republican ticket with large margin.
New York City municipal ownership gains visible in results with Democrats carrying mayoralty race across key districts. Suffrage amendment in Maryland defeated decisively. Massachusetts votes favor Republican governor, while Ohio and Virginia show Democratic gains amid statewide contests.
A deputation of unemployed London wives and other women told Premier Balfour of widespread hunger and hardship. They described starving husbands and children, worn clothes, and crying babies as crowds marched to the Local Government Board. Only thirty women were admitted. Balfour offered sympathy but few remedies, warning against national job programs.
A distorted account claims Milton Franklin Andrews, accused of murder in Berkeley and linked to William Fille and Nita Olivia, fled to Colorado ten months ago. The story alleges a web of names and charges with courtroom and political connections, depicting a dramatic flight and alleged plot.
Wholesale bankruptcies loom as oil price pressures and credit restraints hit retail shops and makers. Authorities fear widespread closures while lenders tighten terms and workers face uncertainty across multiple firms in a disrupted market.
Fragmentary text records a chaotic scene with references to a chair, a president, a committee, and a protest. Names and details are unclear, but the passage points to an event involving a chair of a committee and a contested situation.
Eight killed and thirty injured as Saturday tornado tears through Mountain View Oklahoma within town limits. Destruction centers on the cotton gin where worker J E Barkley dies, homes carried hundreds of yards, a two story school lifted and crashed onto its own foundation, and multiple fatalities in the Hulme and Hollis families along with significant property damage to the Methodist and Christian churches.
Count Witte is moving to steady Russia as the new head of the government. Disorder from the constitution’s promises is easing under his firm yet conciliatory approach. He has earned growing support from moderate liberals amid pressure from workers and radicals. He reportedly settled a railway strike at a leaders’ conference, yielding to the strikers’ reasonable demands.
A Denver paper reports a captain W A Groves note describing the murder of WH Rogers, a Colorado regiment private in the Philippines during the Spanish American War. Rogers was killed by two boatmen who drowned him by binding, weighing with a stone, and dumping the body near Pittentin street and Cooke Avenue. A second victim, Winona Newton, aged 2, found near Pittentin Street and Cooke Avenue, shows signs of foul play with a disfigured face and heavy weights. Police seek a young man accompanying the girl.
Brussels reports a commission under King Leopold found progress in the Congo Free State with reduced slave trade and cannibalism, railways to the forest head, river steamers, telegraph, hospitals, and steady governance, while noting no evidence of white mutilations. natives allegedly committed past mutilations.
Reports describe the mob violence in Odessa during the unrest following the emperor’s manifesto. Thousands of Jews in Moldavanka Slobodka and Rugalovka were killed jailed wounded or fled as military forces failed to stop the carnage. The mob's fury targeted women children and men with brutal methods.
Petersture reads a text granting amnesty to political prisoners. Emperor Nicholas announced the measure on Saturday, linking it to the October 20 manifesto. It offers free pardon to criminals involved in strikes, those responsible for contracting breaches, and others in prison or awaiting trial or sentence.
Mrs James Brennin of Minneapolis quarreled with her husband Friday evening. After he left for work she tried to kill herself and her four children. She fatally wounded two children and wounded two others. One child died at the hospital and the other is not expected to live. The mother is said to have shot herself in the breast, leaving a rumor of her intent to die.
A telegraph company worker, Stella Neyer aged one year? is killed instantly on the rock to land bracka during a wedding delivery. The strange accident occurred as a telegraph message bearing a woman’s sudden death was about to be conveyed. The report notes the bride’s distress and the ensuing confusion at the scene.
Venezuela’s government handed to U S minister Runwell a note outlining willingness to withdraw the policy toward M. Talenty and to permit French firms to export if France agrees to satisfactory arrangements within weeks.
In a domestic tragedy, Low Angalwa-Ira Calor, described as a blank smith, shot and killed his wife then shot himself in the forehead. He died five hours later in hospital. the coroner noted the couple had not lived together happily and had discussed divorce. The incident occurred amid a troubled family history traced to Ivan Peoveghania.
Reports detail a brutal Odessa pogrom as mobs and Cossacks attack Jewish quarters. Civilians flee, shops looted, and hundreds killed or wounded despite infantry patrols. Military positions machine guns to deter further violence amid widespread chaos.
Police in New York detain two men at headquarters on homicide charges linked to the Boston dress suitcase case. William Howard allegedly confessed involvement with Louis Crawford alias Albert Ricory in removing a hospital treasure and disposing of the pieces in Winthrop. Chief Inspector Witte heads to Boston with witnesses to verify the claim.
Secretary Taft arrived on the Isthmus at noon Thursday and was greeted by a special government caravan. He met Governor Magoon and continued with the Panamanian cabinet. Talks touched on securing a permanent building to reduce fire danger. Taft indicated the matter could be arranged. Numerous celebrations were planned in Taft’s honor.
A Prague despatch says socialists gathered near the Vintitia Chane border on Thursday night for a universal suffrage meeting. More than forty were injured as clashes with police escalated. Witnesses allege police brutality. One woman seriously wounded. No police fatalities reported.
A report outlines new trade agreement discussions between the United States and Germany. The talks focus on replacing the existing commercial accord and advancing postwar economic cooperation.
Perced in Frozen Arctic, Han Francine and Aline Knowle arrived from Hakodate on Thursday. They report most Arctic whalers imprisoned and caught in the ice awaiting provisions. Captain Chariay H. Boley of the Mon tarny balleven says conditions are very perilous and may force abandonment before the tea.
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