Volcano a Mystery Mount Pelee Eruptions Threaten Martinique
Prof Hitt US geologist reports Mount Pelee activity unprecedented in science history. He warns extreme danger over Sartiniqua and cannot predict next moves or timing. His field account follows the party from Deux Choux to Fonds St Denis along the ash zone fringe near Kaisaud plantation.
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Mount Pelee
Hitt
United States
Fort de France
Annals of
Hill
Deux Choux
Fonds St. Denis
Kaisaud
Explorer’s vivid account of Mount Pelee eruption observations
Professor Hill describes near crater dangers and a night spent at Fonds St Denis. He details explosive columns, ten mile lava smoke sheets, and horizontal lightning like bolts indicating explosive oxidation after leaving the crater. He witnessed a frightful eruption from Morne Rouge and reports widespread fear on the island while noting many phenomena are new to science.
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St. Pierre
Fonds St Denis
Ret
Hill
Hut
Mount Parnasse
Mount Marnasse
Morne Rouge
Pelee
Fort de France
Iepent
Deux III
Shipbuilding activity in America in late 1901
The United States bureau of navigation reports 717 vessels totaling 154 073 tons built in the second half of 1901, up from 568 vessels and 170 229 tons the year before. Wooden vessels total 75 860 tons and steam vessels 78 213 tons. Atlantic and gulf seaboard yards produced 84 347 tons, the Great Lakes 45 855 tons, and the Pacific coast 18 211 tons. Over 38 vessels exceeded 1 000 tons. Four percent of sailing ships and 3 percent of steam ships are lost annually. Archbishop Corrigan's will leaves the estate to Bishops McDonnell, Wigger, and Gabriels as joint tenants. Bishop Wigger has died. The estate is valued at $250,000.
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America
United States Bureau of Navigation
Atlantic
Gulf Seaboard
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Archbishop Corrigan
Bishops McDonnell
Brooklyn
Wigger
Netwark
N. J
Gabriels
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Bishop Wigger
Galway election clash sparks countywide violence
A county election contest at Galway Ireland led to severe clashes as Lord Morrig and Killanin led their supporters against nationalist opponents. A dozen men were wounded with several sustaining serious injuries.
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Galway
Ireland
Lord Morrig
Killanin
Scientist Warned, Governor Ignored Catastrophe at St Pierre
Prof Landes warned Governor Monttet days before Mount Pelee eruption that destruction would come by May 8. Monttet suppressed the warning while Landes and Monttet perished in the disaster. Cipher dispatch of Landes remains secret.
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L’rof. Landes
Mouttet
St.Pierre
Landes
Monttet
St. Pierre
Lan
Des
Prof
Great Northern Flyer Derailed Near Ojuta
The Great Northern flyer wrecked just east of Ojuta North Dakota while at full speed. Mail clerk Frank Heffron sustained a back injury. he is the only reported hurt.
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Great Northern
The Hidden Cost of Martinique News Coverage
The article explains the immense expenses newspapers incur to cover the Martinique disaster. Cable charges, urgent word rates, staff fees, and photographers climb into thousands of dollars as reports travel a circuitous 10 600 mile route from Martinique to Paramaribo Cayenne Para Pernambuco Cape Verde Madeira Lisbon Azores and onward to New York.
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Fort de France
Martinique
St. Croix
Dominica
St. Lucia
Guadeloupe
Paramaribo
Cayenne
Para
Pernambuco
Cape Verde Islands
Madeira
Lisbon
Azores Islands
New York
United States of America
First National Bank of Wewoka authorized to begin
The Comptroller of the Currency has authorized the First National Bank of Wewoka to commence business with capital of 25 000 dollars. Other notes report a farmer in Nemaha County Kansas drilling a well and hitting a 25 inch vein of soft coal 175 feet deep, a unionization push for 60 000 Pullman car conductors and porters, and the steam yacht Vixen making 23.7 miles per hour on the Hudson.
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First National Bank of
Wewoka
I. T
Martin Garvin
Nemaha County
Kan
Pullman Car
United States
Hudson
Vixen
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Stays Playmate with Fist in Tragedy
Jacob Graham an 18 year old schoolboy confessed to police in St Joseph Missouri that he killed 14 year old Robert C Hunter by striking him after claiming assault. The blow to the left temple caused concussion and death after Hunter returned home.
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Jacob Graham
St. Joseph
Robert C. Hunter
Graham
Hunter
Palma's Cuban policy hinges on reciprocity and growth
President Palma’s first Cuban Senate message thanks divine aid and allies, lauds Cuban perseverance, and pledges to boost agriculture, sugar and tobacco production, education, and railroads. He seeks tariff relief on sugar, broad recognition, and cordial Mexico to Paraguay ties while stressing unity and Cuban nationality.
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Cuba
Palma
Republic of the North
Republic of Cuba
United States
Europe
Republic of
Great Britain
France
Mexico
Guatemala
Nicaragua
San Dominio
Ecuador
Paraguay
Wealthy Chicagoan wounded in mysterious Sunday shooting
Daniel Hill a Morris born real estate owner and partner at George H. Phillips & Co. was shot six times while in bed at 797 Monroe street Chicago. Three bullets struck him while his wife Mrs Hill cried for help delaying the burglars' escape and police soon arrived.
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Chicago
Daniel Hill
Morris, Lr
George H. Phillips & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Monroe Street
Railroads announce upgrades and new lines across the Midwest
March earnings reported for Alton reach 241143. Several railroads expand services with electric lighting on dining cars. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul add tourist sleepers between Chicago and St Paul. Santa Fe raises wages in several departments after concessions. Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie incorporates Ohio line Cottage Grove to Cincinnati. Oregon and Southeastern Railway formed with 1 million capital to reach Oregon. Wabash Continental Limited sets a new Decatur to St Louis record, cutting two minutes. St Louis and Kansas City offer cheap summer rates to Northwest resorts. Fishing excursion rates activated for upper Michigan and lake country routes. Lake Shore adds Booklovers library books to three through trains. exchanges allowed on trains or at homes.
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Alton
Take Shore Road
Chicago
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Santa Fe
Cincinnati, Richmond and Muncie
Ohio
Cottage Grove
Cincinnati
Oregon and Southeastern Railway Company
Aroa
Oregon
Wabash “Continental Limited
Decatur
St. Louis
Kansas City
Northwest
Upper Michigan
Lake Country
Lake Shore Road
Booklovers’ Library
Tornado outbreaks hit Belleville and towns across Illinois
A sweeping storm system lashed Belleville and surrounding towns with hurricane force winds, flooding, and debris. Roofs were torn from buildings including the National Hotel and Wachter's opera house. several injuries reported. Across the state, villages like Huntley and areas near Lake County suffered heavy damage to mills, creameries, barns, and homes as chimneys, smokestacks, and porches were torn away.
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Belleville
National Hotel
St. Louis
O’fallon
Wachter
Darrow
Huntley
Cornell Brothers’ Mammoth Creamery
Vast Illinois coal lands tied to new Chicago Zeigler Gulf line
Developments reveal a gigantic coal land deal spanning over 50 000 acres in Illinois coal counties. The land is optioned to St Louis Valley Railroad, a new Mississippi River line to Cairo with branches to Fountain Bluff and Zeigler. Joseph Leiter to build the Chicago Zeigler and Gulf. The purchase follows J Pierpont Morgan's failed attempt to unite Illinois bituminous shafts into a large combine due to Illinois Central withholding a freight pledge. The lands lie in the belt with coal beds over eight feet thick.
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Ilinois
St. Louis Valley
Itailroad
Mississippi
Cairo
Severnal
Fountain Bluff
Zeigler
Chicago, Zeigler and Gulf
Innocent Man in Joliet Prison Faces Parole Dilemma
A man jailed in Joliet under a two year burglary sentence may be innocent and likely to remain imprisoned as parole is required for release under current laws. Charles Neff, farmhand for Charles Johnson, faced multiple charges after a jealous dispute. He pleaded guilty to burglary to shield a woman's name, but the judge used an old sentence form, triggering a parole board jurisdiction dispute and delaying release.
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Yates
Illinois
The
Union
Rockford
Carnegie Public Library
Carnegie
Brown
East Side
Lbrary
West Rockford
Rock River
Young Men’s Christian Association
Belvidere
State Street
Henry W. Avery
Hamlin
Comptroller of the Treasury
Washington
Charles Kahlhofer
Chicago
Centralia
Rottrt J. Markle
Merkle
Parezis
Joliet
Charles Neff
State Parole Board
Neff
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Ritscher
Wall collapse and Marion blaze kill one, injure others
A wall fell at Marion during a fire destroying three business houses. George Parker, 31, was killed and three others seriously injured while another man is missing presumed buried in the ruins. Losses include Miller Millinery Company 1,800 and Jones & Lyle Brothers 3,500. R Perry meat market 1,500. The Goodall Hotel and county jail suffered minor damage. An explosion at the millinery store ruptured the roof and exposed a side, burying five men.
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Marion
George Parker
Miller Millinery Company
Jones & Lyle Brothers
R. Perry
New Goodall
Four Murders Charged in Princeton Trial
Charles Hensel, on trial for killing his wife in Princeton, faces accusations of three additional murders. Allegations include shotgun murder of his father-in-law seven years earlier, and post-mortem findings of strychnine in his mother-in-law and first wife. Prosecutors link the deaths to his alleged pattern. He also faces a charge for killing his second wife and burning her in a cow barn.
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Charles Hensel
Princeton
Fold ore find near Rock Island sparks mining claim
A paying rein of Fold ore is reported found near Rock Island. local authorities confirm the discovery and await assay results to determine mining potential and value for the Morgan County region.
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Rock Island
Morgan County Grand
Charles Goodnow
J. T. Owen
Jacksonville Asylum
George Hatfield
Richard Gilliam
Harry Stewart
Mount Vernon
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Flora
Edward Swanston
Paxton
Pittsburg
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Rocheford
Sterling
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Dunning
Sydney Taylor
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Springfield
Taylor
Martin Webrham
Highland Port
Quincy
Wehrhahn
Earl Ellsworth
Amos W. Anderson
Woodstock
McHenry County
Ellsworth
Henry Meisel
Mendota
Fred Maxheiner
Woodburn
Jacksonville
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