Eruption of Mont Pelee Devastates Martinique
The Sept 3 report from Martinique gendarmes details 1060 killed and 1500 injured in the Aug 30 Mont Pelee eruption. Morne Rouge Ajoupa Bouillon areas destroyed. Capote valley and surrounds devastated. evacuation planned for northern parishes. heat described as almost unbearable.
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Basse Terre
Guadeloupe
French West Indies
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Morne Rouge
Ajoupa Bouillon
Vermont election results force General Assembly vote on governor
Returns show Vermont Governor race undecided as Percival W. and Felix W. McGettigan trail Gen G McCullough with high license candidate Percival W. near. legislature to choose governor and lieutenant governor. GOP strength shapes share of House and Senate, with McCullouch poised to win on joint ballot.
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White River Junction
Emor
Leutenant
Percival
General G. McCullough
Nington
John G. McCullough
Reican
Felix W. McGett
High Icense
Joel C. Rhourne
McCullough
Clement
Add- Uis
Eavy
Barty
Ber
Avid J. Foster
Burlington
Rep
Congress
Kittreige Haskins
Startford
Fred Fleetwood
Morristown
Horace F. Graham
Craftsbury
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
McCullouch
Platform Fight Probable at Iowa State Convention
Des Moines Iowa September 3 Democrats gather for the state convention to decide a platform split over silver and reaffirmation of the Kansas City platform. Silver faction led by C A Walsh secretary of the national committee circulated a compromise plank endorsing the last platform with a new silver question as an issue.
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Des Moines
Kansas City
C. A. Walsh
National Democratic Committee
Iowa
Socialists of Iowa nominate state ticket at Davenport
Iowa Socialists held their state convention in Davenport and nominated W. A. Jacobs for secretary of state J. T. Grant for auditor S. R. McDowell for treasurer I. S. McCrellis for attorney general A. Dd. Pugh for supreme court judge and James Lorimer for railroad commissioner from Winterset.
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Davenport
Socialists of
Iowa
W. A. Jacobs
J. T. Grant
Muscatine
S. R. McDowell
Lake Park
I. S. McCrellis
Des Moines
A. Dd. Pugh
James Lorimer
Winterset
Revolution Spreading in Morocco Town
Tangier reports the revolutionary movement in favor of Mohammed, brother of Sultan Moula I Abd-el-Aziz, gaining among Berber tribes. Berbers attacked Mekines but the governor pacified the tribesmen.
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Morocco
Tangier
Mohammed
Moula I
Abd-el-Aziz
Mekines
Socialists Nominate State County and Congressional Tickets
In Omaha on September 3 the Socialist gatherings named candidates for state county and congressional posts headed by George L. D. Bigelow of Lincoln for governor. The national Socialist platform was reaffirmed at the three conventions.
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Omaha
George LD. Bigelow
Lincoln
Roosevelt Defends Trust Policy in Massachusetts Tour
President Roosevelt returns to Massachusetts and delivers speeches in Fitchburg Worcester and Springfield defending the Philippines army and clarifying his view on territorial expansion. Amid warm welcomes he rides through Berkshire hills and is greeted with roses and fireworks as he meets Armenian refugees aided by Senator Hoar.
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Dalton
Mass
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Fitchburg
Philippines
Springfield
United States
Fitchberg
Worcester
Senator Hoar
Sofie
Oazzit Manner
National Armory
Veterans’ Memorial Home
Governor Crane
Stockbridge
Pittsfield
Lenox
Berkshire Hills
Eruption at Martinique Report Reaches Guadeloupe
The Canada arrived from Martinique with war officers confirming Mont Pelee’s eruption. About 1,000 killed and many wounded. sea flooded Fort de France to forty feet. Suchet and Tage evacuate northern islanders to Fort de Vians as panic spreads.
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Pointe A Pitrie
Guadeloupe
French West Indies
Canada
Martinique
Castries
St. Lucia
Corona
Mont Pelee
Fort de France
Suchet
Tage
Island
Fort de Vians
Remarkable volcanic display near La Soufriere
In Kingston St Vincent on August 31 a sequence of detonations from La Soufriere startled residents between 9 and 10 PM. The explosions shook buildings while two luminous circles appeared in the northwest sky, likely reflections from the crater. A dense steam cloud then rose and dispersed.
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Kingston
St. Vincent
W. L
la Soufriere
Ex Chief Justice Horton of Kansas Dies in Topeka
Ex chief justice Albert H Horton of Kansas died at his Topeka home after an eight month illness from pneumonia and a lasting pulmonary condition. He had been treated in Kenosha Wisconsin and was active in Republican politics, narrowly losing to John J Ingalls in a U S Senate race.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Albert H. Horton
Horton
Kenosha
Wis
John J. Ingalls
United States Senate
Dam contract awarded to shield Burlington from river sandbars
Burlington Iowa September 3 The Mississippi river wing dam contract to stop Burlingtion from being cut off by sandbars went to a bidder for 35000 dollars The city had faced danger and appealed to government authorities which led to this result
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Burlington
Nurse Confesses Fatal Str eynine Error at Chicago Hospital
Miss Emily Etheridge a Presbyterian hospital nurse and daughter of the late Dr. James H. Etheridge confessed to Coroner Traeger that she gave Mrs Laura Moore of Rensselaer Indiana two grains of strychnine instead of the intended thirtieth part. The admission followed at Miss Etheridge's residence 1631 Michigan avenue.
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Chicago
Emily Etheridge
Presbyterian Hospital
James H. Etheridge
Traeger
Laura Moore
Rensselaer
Ind
Miss Etheridge
Michigan Avenue
American mirrors avoid warping through frame gap design
The climate in the United States strains ivory backed European mirrors, causing creak or warp after months of usage. American manufacturers address this by inserting a deliberate gap between the glass and the frame to allow for contraction and expansion.
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Atlantic
Northwestern Telephone Co Reaches 2000 Cities and Towns
The North western Telephone Co reports long distance lines and connections spanning over 2,000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits provide first class service.
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Northwestern Telephone Co
Connec
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Landslides devastate Nepal villages and bridges
A Simla dispatch reports landslides in the Native State of Nepal causing widespread destruction. Several villages and numerous bridges were destroyed with sixty two people killed.
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Nepal
India
London
Daily Mail
Simla
Chicago Butchers Win Strikes Settlement
In Chicago the meat cutters and butchers win a settlement after pressure on the Armour concern. The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen achieve higher pay and shelter hours, moving from 45 cents to about 17 to 22 cents more per hour for skilled workers. Ten hours form a day with overtime rules clarified.
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Chicago
Yel Lg Butchers
J. O. Armour
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Aoa
Mining Congress Hears Papers Read in Butte
Butte Montana September 3 W H Fraser of Mullan Idaho and Waldemar Lindgren of Washington DC read papers before the Mining congress The former spoke on Unintelligent Mining and the latter on Production of Gold and Geological Formation of the Western Continent In the afternoon Walter H Weed of Washington presented The Geological Formation of Butte
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Mining Congress
Butte
Mont
W. H. Fraser
Mullan
Ida
Waldemar Lindgren
Washington, D. C
Walter H. Weed
Washington
Judge Durand’s Condition Unchanged in Paralyzing Illness
Flint Michigan September 3 at 9 p m there was no decided change in the condition of Judge Durand the Democratic candidate for Governor who was stricken with paralysis in his statewide campaign.
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Batt
Ze Cretons
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Ously
Davins Ae
R.R. Murphy
Austin, Minn
AIL
Irmont
ANT
Picket
Republican
Lance
Ollows
John
Democrats
Nebraska Socialist Convention
Nashusetts
LA Soufpriere
Islard of
Ivory
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Chicago Packers
Pekin
Pain
U.S
W. Randall
Sec’v. C
N. Cosgrove
Pres
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