Mont Pelee Disaster Devastates St Pierre Island Wide
Advices from Martinique describe Mont Pelee eruption and lava flows destroying St Pierre and Le Carbet. Survivors evacuated by cruiser Suchet. Fort de France reports 30 000 suspected cremations and widespread panic as relief efforts begin with troops guarding key buildings.
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Fort Dé France
Martinique
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
Blanche
Guerin
le Carbet
le Precheur
Suchet
Fort de France
Pouver Guertier
Large Lake Disappears and Steam Column Rises
A Dominica dispatch reports two men approaching Boiling Lake within a hundred yards found the lake water vanished. In the center a steam column about 10 feet diameter reached up to 80 feet before dissipating. The surrounding area remained unchanged but sulphur gases were strong.
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St. Thomas
Dominica
Boiling Lake
Lava Devours Island As Martinique Disaster Widths Reach
Paris reports St. Pierre destruction far exceeds imagination with 5 000 refugees near Le Carbet and Le Precheur and nine of Bardons dying in transit. American and British consuls perished, relief ships sail from Brest, Mont Pelee still active, and governor dead or missing amid a widespread toll.
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Paris
Temps
St. Pierre
Martinique
Chamber of Deputies
Fort de France
le Carbet
le Precheur
Suchet
M. de Lanessan
Buchet
Mont Pelee
Mouttet
Dain
M. Bloch
M. Labarthe
Brest
Pouger Quertien
Lavartet
M. Percin
M. LeClerc
M. DeCrats
Edmund J. Monson
Elysee Palace
Loubet
Edward
Vincent Kingston
Island of St. Vincent
British West Indies
Wallabou
Richmond Valley
Votc&no
Chateau Belair
Island London
Robert Llewellyn
Windward Islands
Colonial Office
St. Ucia
St. Vincent
Beef trust becomes key campaign issue says Gorman
Senator-elect A P Gorman urges using newspaper disclosures on trusts to frame the coming election. He tells Dems that meat price rises will mobilize households and that beef trust explanations should flood campaign literature. The Democratic Committee plans to highlight the beef trust as a major political force and inform every home with data on its workings.
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Beef Trust
Dexington
Baltimore
A. P. Gorman
Maryland
Democratic Congressional Committee
Gorman
Griggs
Georgia
Democratic Party
Homestead
Cleveland
Washington
New York Herald Site
The
Senate
Philippines
Roosevelt
Laubet
France
United States
Maretinique
Whites and Blacks at War in Beaumont Train Chase
In Beaumont Texas May H a clash between white and black passengers on an excursion train left one black man dead and several wounded including a white man Kitchen of Beaugrand. Others leaped from the train with unknown injuries as glass shattered during the fights on the negro coach. Additional white men Jones, Kitchen, Wick, Dyson all of Orange were shot and a Beaumont Negro Charles Pack was also struck but missing. full details unavailable.
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Beaumont
Tex
May H
Lake Charles
Solomon Botley
Sulphur
Kitchen
Beaugaocht
Tony Jénés
Frank Kitchen
John Bepwick
Leonard Dyson
Orange
Charles Pack
Lord Pauncefote Ill With Asthma and Ailments
British ambassador Lord Pauncefote remains seriously ill in Washington estate with asthma stomach and other troubles. His advanced age slows response to treatment and concerns the family.
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Washington
Miay I
Lord Pauncefote
Detroit Street Railway Workers Submit to Arbitration
Detroit May 1 street railway employees of Detroit have resolved to submit to arbitration the wage dispute with Detroit United Railway. They seek 25 cents per hour instead of 22 cents. The company offered 22 1 2 cents and to arbitrate. Despite strike sentiment, union officers reminded members their current agreement requires arbitration.
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Detroit, Micn
Detroit United Railway
Coal Miners Lock Out Amid Regional Strike Actions
Scranton and Hazleton regions brace as operators act to halt mining. Scranton sees no coal tomorrow with washeries kept running on some sites for locomotive needs while Hazleton firms announce lockouts for workers except essential staff. United Mine Workers locals hold secret meetings to decide on a permanent strike extension.
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Scranton
Hazleton
Hazelton
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Aeronaut Severo Killed by Exploding Airship
Paris May 11 The air ship La Paix belonging to Brazilian aeronaut Augusto Severo exploded during ascent killing Severo and one assistant. The craft had two large gas cells and three main propellers. Severo had promised a fair weather trial after May 4 and had long pursued air flight research since 1881.
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Aeronaut
Severo
Paris
Honor Augusté Severo
Senhor Severo
Vangarais
Santos-Dumont
Santos- Dumont
la Paix
Senhor Augusto Severo
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Paris Election Marks Heavy Voting and One Disturbance
Paris voters flocked to polls with heavy turnout and lively clashes in some districts. The nationalists failed to unseat Millerand in a reballot, while ministerialists won nineteen seats to nine anti ministerialists. A retiring deputy died and other ministers faced defeats. one disturbance occurred in Marseilles with property damage but no injuries.
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Paris
M. Paschal Grousstts
Lorbidis
Lille
Polis
Algiers
Marseilles
CHAFFEE AND DAVIS MEET IN MINDANAO RIDE TO LAKE Lanao
General Chaffee arrived at Malabang Mindanao and met General Davis commander of American forces. They rode with an escort toward Lake Lanao expected to reach the interior lake tomorrow. American forces in Batangas southern Luzon have concentrated at several towns as insurgent resistance has ceased.
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Lake Laneo
Island of Mindanao
Manila
Chaffee
Malabang
Davis
Lake Lanao
Batangas
Luzon
Death of Wisconsin Lt Governor Jesse Stone
Watertown Wis May 1 Jesse Stone lieutenant governor of Wisconsin died tonight after a lingering illness from stomach cancer. Stone was a prominent capitalist and banker who spent time in the south seeking relief.
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Wisconsin
Watertown
Wis
Jesse Stone
Early Wisconsin leader born in Lincolnshire dies age 86
The figure born in 1836 in Lincolnshire England came to the United States at age five and rose to prominence as a Republican twice elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. He served as a delegate to the national Republican conventions in 1883 and 1892.
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Lincolnshire
England
Wisconsin
Arrival of President-Elect Estrada Palma in Havana
Thousands of Cubans cheer as the Julia arrives escorting President-elect Estrada Palma. Flags fly over Morro Castle and the senate chamber as ships salute. Estrada Palma is welcomed by Vice President Esteve and escorted to the palace amid a dawn-to-dusk reception.
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Wood
Havana
Morro Castle
Julis
Estrada Palma
Julia
Morro
Senate Chamber
Matanzas
Maine
Dauntless
Benor Estrada Palma
Municipal Council
Weather and politics mix as Atlanta braces for events
Fair Monday and Tuesday with fresh south winds. Willam J. Bryan passes through Atlanta en route to Cuba to note the American evacuation. Local officials report renewed gubernatorial campaign activity with twenty one working days left before the state primary. The Georgia Fruit Growers’ Association holds its final Macon meeting before crop shipments begin. The Savannah political scene grows hotter ahead of the May 22 primary. The Z Curry case is dismissed on a technicality. Southern, domestic, and foreign dispatches cover Baptist convention, Methodist sessions, postal accounting issues, and global events from Martinique to France.
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Willam J. Bryan
Atlanta
Cuba
Rev
W. W. Landrum
Home Mission Board
A J. Diaz
Cubs
Southern Baptist Convention
Asheville
Walthour
Butler
Coliseum
Carnegie
Walker Lewis
Mulberry Street Methodist
Macon
Dupont Guerry
Georgia Fruit Growers’ Association
Hughes
Savannah
Frank Z. Curry
Jackson
Wingfield
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