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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1905
Page
2
Fragmented report covers diverse items from wars in progress to a fire fatality, ship sinkings, political indictments, migration and legal cases. It mentions Manchuria, Odessa dispatches, Fort Dodge fire deaths, a magnolia sentence, and international trade and finance moves, all in brief notices.
Seattle report says Great Northern Express train leaving Seattle at 8:20 pm was halted five miles from Ballard after two undressed robbers in rain coats and one on the blind baggage with revolvers forced entry. They dynamited the baggage car and safe, took valuables, and fled eastward. two youths aboard claimed no prior involvement.
Denver journalist recounts Judge Guthiel confronting Brighton officials over gambling and Sunday sale enforcement. He ordered seizure of slot machines and deputized two men after the sheriff and marshal reported only one machine. A mob dragged him from a train during the confrontation and he resumed his journey after rescinding the order.
Henry A. Leonard, a 24 year old clerk for Halle & Bibalitz at 30 Broad Street, admits in a confession that he planned and carried out the elaborate robbery of 20 000 dollars in National City bank securities. He says there was no criminal motive and claims the security guards were deceived. Period details corroborate parts of his tale.
Fragmented OCR text notes a poisoning claim in Davenport with references to Amel Sand Mam and a family dispute near a home. Details are garbled but imply a child involved and a denial by a father Jonation Howlin of Martin Baedt. No clear dates or outcomes emerge.
A jury acquitted a woman accused of killing her husband after a troubled marriage. Testimony described drink involvement and a night of violence. The court found insufficient evidence of premeditation and delivered a verdict of not guilty.
Six hundred fifty laborers from Martinique aboard the French steamer Versailles refused to disembark or submit to mandatory vaccination under American sanitary rules. They claimed misinformed expectations and harsh conditions. About 600 were persuaded to move along the canal line while 150 remained aboard. Police and canal guards used force to eject some, with reports of a man clubbed and bleeding.
The coasting steamer Halexho on the Shanghai to Tien Tsin route struck a mine Sunday morning ninety miles south of Bhantung Promontory and was completely destroyed. Fifteen crew and passengers perished, including engineers Mauelian and Muir. Two passenger steamers rescued the rest. seventy one survivors arrived here. All foreigners were saved.
Fragments describe an Old Toltee pyramid within Mexico City era ruins built of clay bricks. The discovery suggests a much earlier, broader civilization than the Aztec presence and mentions related artifacts and architectural features.
A rapid, unclear text describes a private, Melwyre, who killed a fellow private during a night incident near a fort. The report mentions an early evening quarrel and a stated intent to attack before midnight, ending in a fatal stabbing with a bayonet.
A Hillsboro report to the Oregonian says William H. Booth a Civil War veteran was attacked on the way home and found with a crushed skull two neck wounds and an eye protruding from a rock. A young man lingered in town for days as a suspect while a posse searched for him and Booth put up a fierce struggle before dying.
A Great Western stock train struck a passenger train in St Paul yards at 9 30 am Sunday, hurling two Pullman sleepers 20 feet into a gully. One sleeper landed on its side, the other inverted. both cars wrecked. A woman died at St Josephs hospital and nine others were seriously injured. over a score more hurt. Washington DC The monthly government receipts report shows a large rise in customs and internal revenue for September 1905 with substantial year over year increases.
In the wake of a powerful typhoon, crews report many deaths and widespread damage across coastal settlements. Reports describe drowned residents, destroyed plantations, and ruined infrastructure as efforts to assess casualties continue amid scattered surviving towns.
News from the Solomon Islands shows a mutiny and murder aboard the trading cutter Save. Black cook Vella Lavell attacked trader William Finlayson, who was killed with towahawks after being bound. Natives later tried to sail away but were captured. Captain Pentecost died after being cast into shark-infested waters as natives danced nearby.
In Berkeley early Thursday a dawn confrontation with four footpads ended when Policeman John J. Lestrange shot and killed one suspect. A revolver and safecracking tools found nearby suggest the group aimed to blow up a local bank. The dead man lay unidentified in the Berkeley morgue as the other three fled.
Typhoon and tidal wave in the Marshall Group cause about 120 deaths. A six foot wave hits Jaluit Inland with a mile long settlement. European residents endure damage as a hotel top story blows off. The Germenin steamer is saved by crew steering into Tigoon center.
In Sacramento a bricklayer named Williamn Spillane from Alameda county was found slain near the north approach to the Sacramento River bridge. He was beaten about the head with a blacksmith's hammer and the weapon was recovered near the body. Police report the incident occurred Wednesday night.
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Omohe Iudee Munger in the United States court Thursday sentenced Kevin Ranchinin Dy Lag Wer Alliance Nebraska to pay fifty dollars and a one dollar fee for the ware material. The Krauwe Wrothire were convicted at the Muy fern of Miewilly fanrlog 4.000 gered of quveranuat baud.
New York millionaire William B. Travers, son of famed Wall Street operator William A. Travers, died Friday in his Madison Avenue apartment by shooting himself. At 40, he led a life of leisure with a large fortune and left letters about business affairs without clarifying the reason for his act. He had briefly joined a banking house six months earlier, but engaged little in its affairs. He belonged to several clubs including the Knickerbocker and New York A.C.
The article says Japan made peace at Portamouth under financial fears. It notes the war cost and the crop failures. August’s cool weather harmed harvests, with rice yields 16 to 20 percent below average and far under last year. Hard times would follow if the war had continued.
The Britian steamer Chatham blew up Thursday morning to clear Sendh canal area near Port Said. Her cargo included ninety tons of dynamite and blasting gelatin. Mines distributed around and inside the ship were fired by electric current from Haselech about five miles away. No serious canal damage. passage expected to clear in a few days. The railway and the Sweetwater canal adjoining remained intact. The explosion caused a tremendous displacement of water visible from Haselech.
A Madison report claims Mayor Curtis ordered police to shoot students during a bar riot as President Van Hise urged officers to avoid discrimination and threatened expulsion or suspension for students convicted in court. The night violence followed campus unrest and a carnival event near the university.
San Quemo arian Miguel Antony, a Porta Risa native, was hanged Friday at 10:30 PM. Execution lasted thirteen and a half minutes before death. Antony, convicted in San Bernardino on March 24, 1902, for the murder of Chinese pedlar Lee Gara at Needon. His wife, held as an accomplice, confessed on Christmas Day.
Fragmentary OCR shows plans to extend a new line from Pierre toward the Black River area and Lander, touching Cheyenne and surrounding public lands. It mentions 1,600,000 acres of land to be opened and construction updates for a route toward Wyoming and Fort Worth area stages.
In a United States district court on Monday Gray denied the motion at Addicka In which he sought a stay of proceedings. The case concerns permanent property levy on four cups in this state under which Addicka’s property was levied upon by United States Marshal V. Heinien.
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