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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
5
A chaotic maritime and weather disaster narrative describes floods and landslides in China and Manila area, with washed roadbeds and railway damage. It notes ships grounded, submerged embankments, and extensive debris. the account references exploration notes by National Geographic staff and maritime incidents near Corinto and Washington dispatches.
President Taft spoke at the Interstate Inland Waterways league urging deep inland waterways as a means to extend commerce and help regulate railroad rates. He warned against radical legislation, favored keeping railroads within reasonable profits, and pushed for a square deal to avoid unjust actions against railroads.
The 1,000 government troops clashed with Chamorro forces near Boon Bon Carlos on the San Juan river. Insurgents repelled the attack, killing 100 and wounding 300, capturing two Krupp siege guns and 400 rifles. The win likely boosts rebel reinforcements to Bluefields and weakens Managua recruiting. The Cape Gracios Adios port seizure further solidifies rebel control of the Atlantic coast.
Fragmentary notes recount a denied explorer named Histins and a claim of Arctic discovery with a sighting at Eggendemind in Anguet. The speaker says he shared the North Pole discovery with the unnamed man, who may have heard of it from Danes, detailing a brief meeting in early Anguet.
The captain of the recess, Lindsay, recruiting labor for the New Britain trade, was attacked ashore by about a hundred natives. He was speared and hacked to death, his body burned along with his ship, as attackers looted the deck and holds transforming the vessel into a funeral pyre. Reports spread to Mebertehame and officials dispatched men.
The ministries were wrecked and Senor Maura, who had earlier served as premier, rose to power again in a sweeping clerical victory. The opposition quickly united, resisting his conduct and fearing a brewing revolutionary stir.
T P O'Connor arrived in the United States aboard the Lusitania to mobilize Irish Americans ahead of the general election. He urged Ireland to seize its moment and seek aid from Irish-Americans to advance home rule, while continuing his advocacy into November. Patrick H McCarren Brooklyn senator died after surgery. Patrick H McCarren was a longtime Democratic leader in Brooklyn and a prominent Greater New York political figure.
Indictments filed in Guthrie Oklahoma accuse Houghton and Douglas Co W H Coyles Co and Lawton Cotton Co of violating federal and state anti trust laws. The firms control at least twelve smaller corporations and the case could affect about seventy five people including prominent state figures.
Reports from northern Luzon describe a typhoon crossing the Benguet mountains bringing extreme rainfall and flooding. Eighteen inches fell in hours with twenty six inches in a day, the Bued river rose sixty feet, and wind reached ninety five miles per hour breaking observatory gauges. Repair of a major road faces two months. A second typhoon swept across Luzon on Friday. Separately, Alaska miner Jacob Suter challenges Cook's Mount McKinley claim, stating Cook failed to reach the summit due to a wall of ice. Justice Henry Peckham of Albany died at 87 after a long judicial career.
Governor Freer issues a proclamation calling a territorial legislature session on November 9 to consider amendments including higher legislative salaries and federal officials pay. Aimed at land reform he also seeks to limit public land claims to eighty acres per person to curb alien ownership and enforce land takings policy. Also reports a car accident near Hubbard where a 4 year old was killed after a collision with a wrecked vehicle.
An explosion at the Hook Island Company mine injures two workers and leaves one missing. The incident occurred early Thursday amid ongoing mining operations in Hariahores Oklahoma-Tee region.
Boston reports President F A Heinze of United Copper and related firms travels west in days to handle affairs of Davis Daly United Copper and Blo Copper companies. New York records note his permission to attend to corporate matters. Despite dragnet subpoenas nationwide, indictments against him have been largely dismissed save one count over certification.
Labor leaders and the American Federation of Labor seek night and day sessions within public schools to educate poor children and integrate vocational training. Judge Hauser overrules juror Joseph Anne Mia in a personal injury case, clearing the panel for trial.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a domestic dispute piece. Key names appear as Nanetle Lillard and Ridley of Palsoeté with a bought palace and a pentup plan. Details are unclear but reference a police involvement and confrontation over affection.
The article recalls Lord Kitchener ridiculing Lord Curzon during a farewell to India over civil versus military supremacy. Curzon resigns after his speech, while Kitchener adopts Curzon’s rhetoric in praise of his own Indian service. Ameer of Afghanistan visit prompts a quip on the Afghan anthem, with Kitchener dismissing the issue as immaterial and suggesting a pompous bar of music.
The elder Harriman heir, 18 year old W Averell Harriman, works in an Oregon Short Line surveying gang to learn railroading from the ground up. He earns 65 dollars a month and treats his crew as equals, while he also plans time in Europe to study railroad location.
The University of Melbourne plans to correspond with education and scientific bodies across Australia as officials seek to expand international collaboration. The effort targets enhanced activities and cooperation within the southern continent's academic community.
An OCR reading notes the start of an industry era with references to machinery parts and persistent production themes. The readable fragments imply a growing sector focused on component manufacture and long term capacity development.
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