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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1909
Page
2
William Bradbury, an aged San Rafael millionaire, was sent to San Quentin for one year after perjury related to a mortgage. At arrival he was searched and fitted for prison clothes, shaved, and placed in striped garments. He was assigned to work in the jute mill with minimal personal comforts.
Land owners in Davis and Weber counties meet at Lagoon and back a plan to form an irrigation district covering the fertile lands. A petition is set for a special election to authorize construction of vast works costing about 4 million dollars to water arid lands from Weber near the Hot Springs in Davis.
Spokane police responded to a barricaded suspect, Jobs Glinderman, described as a crazy butcher, who murdered his wife Thursday morning. He armed himself with two large revolvers, held officers at bay for about twenty minutes, and attacked a detective, nearly biting off a finger, before being subdued and taken into custody.
New York prepares for Dr. Frederick A. Cook homecoming seen as a national and possibly international affair. Arctic Club plans anticipate a citywide welcome with Taft possibly present and explorers from around the world to pay tribute to Cook’s polar achievement. Names include the duke of Abruzzi Nansen Amundsen Greeley Melville Fiala Bernier and more.
Tampa residents react as the Sept 1 doomsday prophesy from the Unknown Tongue cult, based in Durant, fails. Disciples return twenty five miles away after selling confessions and the chief priestess allegedly raises provisions prices for followers.
Washington reports that Peru and Bolivia appear near settlement of their boundary dispute. A cable from Bolivia’s minister in La Paz says Congress has referred the issue to the Bolivian executive for handling, a sign of potential direct understanding between the two nations.
Cunard liner Lusitania lowered three ocean records on her latest voyage from Queenstown. She completed the crossing in four days eleven hours forty two minutes, beating the Mauretania time by three hours and fourteen minutes and maintaining an average speed of 25.55 knots for the journey.
Mrs. Frederick A. Cook, wife of the explorer, remains reticent about her husband’s sea achievement. She says she declines to discuss the long voyage and its details.
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