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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1903
Page
10
Reports detail bank closures, snowfalls, and fires, with disasters in New York, Minnesota, and New Jersey. Missing gold, a bank robbery partial recovery, suicides, strikes, and a naval dispatch mix with railway and aviation notes. Names include Robert Lewin, C Ledyard Black, Avery Kelly Ferguson, and H and Canfield.
Mrs Iverson of Monterey California, wife of a Salinae machinist, killed her seven children in a deranged religious frenzy. She strangled four, including a seven month old, then attacked the eldest boy with an ax before a neighbor and husband discovered the scene. Mental derangement had plagued her for months.
The New York Central plans electric roads as suburban branches in central and western New York to cut losses from trolley competition by lowering fares and increasing trains. A leased segment of the Rome Water town & Ogdensburg will be electrified and direct service may extend to all points along Lake Ontario's southern shore, potentially absorbing the Rochester & Suburban Electric lines.
Ex Senator Joseph Smith Jr, as receiver for the United States Shipbuilding Company, files a report in Trenton New Jersey seeking to void a large bond issue of 10 million dollars held by Charles M Schwab. The filing urges appointment of a receiver for Bethlehem Steel, the firm sold to the United States Shipbuilding Company by Schwab and J P Morgan & Co.
The attorney general favors a Reno site for a new public building, advising the secretary of the treasury to issue a $1000 treasury warrant to Occidental Land and Improvement Co. for Front and Virginia streets. In Denver, Jennie Davie fatally shot her husband Beverly W. Davie at 2332 Market Street after a struggle over a weapon.
A dispatch from telegrams to Prince Ching warns Russia will take strict measures if China aids Japan. Moscow reports the Pacific squadron includes 54 ships with 28,200 men, plus additional forces en route to the Far East. Preliminary calls for infantry reserves are prepared.
Six men hijack a Chicago and North Western locomotive near Beloit and speed southward, forcing emergency crews to pursue. The runaway halts trains from Janesville to Caledonia as Milwaukee area traffic is disrupted and officials mobilize to recapture the engine and crew.
A message from Folsom State Prison reports that a prisoner named E. Manuel, a terrier alias senomé, was shot and killed by guards while attempting to escape. He was found with opium, placed in the dungeon, and guarded as officers marked the location of opium storage. Manuel had fled into the hills, was fired upon, and died on the spot. He had been sent from Madera county for perjury and forfeited two years of credits for opium possession.
Charles L. Connie, national secretary and treasurer of the National Brotherhood of Leather Workers and Harness and Horse Goods Makers, Kansas City, was convicted of embezzling $5,676 from the order and sentenced to two and a half years in the penitentiary. He fled to Minneapolis when detection began and was arrested last February.
The trial of Mayor William Haye of Pittsburg Pennsylvania on a misdemeanor charge arising from the discharge of Samuel Madre, a Civil War veteran, from a city bureau last spring, before Judge Shafer, tests whether the mayor may remove city employees for political reasons only and drew a crowded court.
Quick-lunch counters and pie manufacturers tighten margins amid a 3 to 4 cent per pie price hike. Four firms control supply here and warn of further increases, while local producers debate stock and production plans amid ongoing market talk.
Reports from Mae nila parish describe a raid near Iriga in Amlin Camarines Lamam. The intruders captured residents, with the leader Nike Gum killed. many others were assaulted and the president’s wife and at least three volunteers were harmed.
In Butte and surrounding Montana areas 14000 to 15000 workers face direct layoffs as Amalgamated Copper suspends operations. The move cuts payroll by about 1 million dollars weekly in Montana, with ripple effects on railways and local businesses. Extra police were sworn in to curb large crowds amid miner unrest.
The Brazilian minister of foreign affairs and delegates including Dr Assia de Brasil met Bolivian delegates in Rio Janeiro to discuss the Acre question. They consider whether lands beyond the tenth degree should become Brazilian and Brazil to pay a sum of five dollars in the settlement talks.
In Cincinnati a crowd at a mayor Tom Johnson candidacy gathering faced disruption as Anthony Scholer driving a sprinkling cart threatened to run over Robert Baker of Brooklyn and Breritt Hicks of New York. Scholer whipped at Baker, sprayed water, and a scuffle sparked an incipient riot. Police arrested Baker and Scholer. Baker was released while Scholer remained jailed on bail.
Arthur Carpenter and Frederice Avery of Albany New York Central trainmen are under arrest charged with assault and attempted robbery of Express Messenger Miller. Miller was badly beaten but resisted. Carpenter leaped from the train and was badly hurt. Avery was brought to Albany. The crime is described as extraordinary in railroading history. The men allegedly believed Miller carried a large sum of money or valuables.
Silas Hulla, claimed dead in a habeas corpus case, appeared alive in Knoxville Tennessee court. Clarence ik, under an eighteen year sentence for Hulia's murder, testified as key witness. Two years earlier Peak killed a man identified as Hulia. he was tried and sentenced. The supreme court considered Walto's presence but upheld the lower sentence.
A New Shore company powerhouse in Alto California reports a dire incident where two children died and a third is severely ill, the mother paralyzed, and a worker shows lead poisoning symptoms. A water pipeline from Min Valley to Alla is under construction and plumbers at Ly Redford’s home reportedly left white lead in a tank.
The engrossed copy of the Alaska boundary award has been signed by the United States, while Canadian commissioners Weare Aylenworth and Jotto declined to sign. They will submit their contrary opinions to the tribunal. They did sign the maps agreed by the majority. The Portland Canal dispute grants the US two fal tanda, Keanninghunut and Sitkien, commanding the entrance to Port Simpson and strategic value of Walen and Pearse. The boundary line extends from the sea coast to encompass all territory and access to the sea. Lynn Canal lies along the watershed near the provisional boundary, while King Edward and Buckingham Palace observers noted the Canadians’ reluctance to accept the situation. One Canadian commissioner later said the award affects relations between Britain and the Dominions more than people realize.
Four Russian torpedo boats bound for Port Arthur halted at Brest for coal as tensions rise over the Mukden treaty opening. A cabinet minister says Japan agrees with Marquis Ito on Korean and Chinese sovereignty but not on Manchuria’s military evacuation, signaling complex negotiations amid bellicose rumors and U S protests.
President Mitchell Vice President Lewis and Secretary Wilson met at the United Mine Workers of America office in Indianapolis to discuss a potential strike in Colorado Utah Wyoming and New Mexico. After assessing the situation they decided to announce a date for a sustained official order to allow time for further negotiations with the coal companies.
The president issues a proclamation for the Fifty eighth Congress to meet in extraordinary session on November 5 at 12 o clock to consider the commercial convention with Cuba requiring congressional approval. The steamship South Portland, sailing from Portland to San Francisco, wrecked near Bandon Oregon with 34 aboard feared drowned. Dowie spoke two hours in Madison Square New York railing against Boers and press. Carrie Nation a fab to
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