Earthquake Toll Rises in Guatemala Coast and Highlands
News from the steamer Newport details Guatemalan quake damage across Quesaltenango San Marcos and other towns. About 500 killed or injured in Quesaltenango amid coffee plantation and port destruction. Destruction inclines ruined bridges crevices swallowing streets and deserts of Ocos with residents living in tents.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
Newport
San Jose de Guatemala
Quesaltenango
Clara Kildars
San Marcos
San Pedro
San Juan Ostancalco
Taccana
Mazatenango
Cuyoten
Ocos
Fire at Moore's saloon leaves several injured
Lake Marie s La May 1 By burning of Moores saloon and lodging house here A beheader of New Orleans a commercial traveler was burned to death and Reuben Moore the proprietor received probably fatal injuries.
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Lake Maries
Moores
New Orleans
Reuben Moore
Statehood Bill Passes House For Three Territories
Washington May 9 The omnibus statehood bill for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma passed the house without division. May 10 The omnibus passed the house without division.
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Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
House
President Simon Sam resigns as Haiti’s leader
Gen. Tirésias Simon Sam resigns as president of Haiti. The Haitian Congress will meet Monday to elect his successor. Sam, elected April 1, 1896 for seven years, was 61 at the time and noted for a family history in Haitian revolutions. Former Dominican leader Jiminez departs aboard a French steamer.
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Port Au Prince
Tiresias Simon Sam
Sam
Jiminez
Santo Domingo
Deschamps
Porto Plata
Cape Haytian
Hayti
Curzon Says Indian Famine Relief Adequate
In reply to a query from the Christian Herald the vice royalty of India Lord Curzon stated from Sinuse that famine conditions do not presently require aid. He said ample relief is provided and government resources plus private funds fully meet the strain.
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New York
Christian Herald
Lord Curzon
India
Sinise
Virginia Confederate Helper dies in New York
Mortimer Bain Ruggles of Virginia, who aided John Wilkes Booth in escaping to Virginia, died in New York City from dropsy at age 68. He had lived there over 80 years. A death sentence had been pronounced for aiding the assassin, but he was ultimately released.
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Booth
New York
Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggies
Virginia
Daniel F. Ruggies
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Ruggles
Dummer Barred to Death in Lake Charles
Local item from Lake Charles reports a fatal incident with limited readable details. The brief notes a death related to an incident at Dummer Barred on May 9. Further specifics are unreadable in the fragment.
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Dummer
Southern Baptist convention opens forty eventh annual session in Asheville
Asheville North Carolina May 9 The Southern Baptist convention opens its forty first annual session with about 4000 delegates. J P Eagle of Arkansas is elected president. The American Baptist Education Society names officers led by A Gaylord Slioum with J Forbes J Harris as vice presidents and H B Gross as recording secretary. The Woman's Missionary Union begins a two day session as about 3000 delegates are expected.
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Asheville
N. C
Southern Baptist Convention
J. P. Eagle
Arkansas
W. J. Northen
Atlanta
American Baptist Education A Society
A. Gaylord Slicum
Michigan
John A. Forbes
Florida
John H. Harris
Philadelphia
H. B Gross
Massachusetts
H. L Morehouse
New York
E. W. Garry
Mont Clair
N. J
C. W. Murray
Eugene Lovering
Baltimore
E. T. Tomlinson
Elizabeth
Fred T. T. Gates
Joshua Lovering
C. W Muray
New York City
J. A. Hoyt
Greenville
8. C
E. W. Stephens
Columbus
J. W. Bailey Raleigh
J. B. Gambrell
D. D. Waco
Officers Elected at General Federation Biennial
Mrs Denison was chosen president for the General Federation of Women's Clubs at Los Angeles. Ballot results named new officers including first vice president Burdette and Emma Fox as second vice president, with a full slate of secretaries and directors from multiple states. The hall of philanthropy plan was referred to the board. the convention favored a $100000 contribution toward the project.
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Los Angeles
Cal
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Rebecca Lowe
Georgia
Dimies T. S. Denison
New York
Robert J. Burdette
California
Emma Fox
Michigan
Louise Pappenheimer
South Carolina
Emma van Vechten
Iowa
George Noyes
Wisconsin
Anna D. West
Massachusetts
J. C. Terrill
Texas
Jane Humphrey
Kansas
Lydia Williams
Pennsylvania
Samuel Hayes
Idaho
William Elliott
Maryland
W. W. Boyd
Missouri
W. A. Nolden
Utah
St. Louis
Cadets who pass as naval academy class of 1906
Annapolis May 9. Names of cadets who passed all examinations and are full fledged naval cadets include H. B. Kelly R. P. Lemly J. B. Goldman C. P. Meyer C. M. Cade Jr. W. H. Booth G. K. Davis T. H. Drake Lennox Grant Hugh Allen L. D. Causey W. F. Amsden. Two failed before medical board H. K. Aiken and Gordon H. McCoy. Of 75 civil service examinees on April 15, 42 principals and 33 alternates. 34 principals passed, plus four alternates, totaling 38 appointments, 90 percent.
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Annapolis
H. B. Kelly
Kentucky
R. P. Lemly
North Carolina
J. B. Goldman
Louisiana
C. P. Meyer
C. M. Cade, Jr
Oklahoma
W. H. Booth
Virginia
G. K. Davis
T. H. Drake
Lennox Grant
Missouri
Hugh Allen
Texas
L. D. Causey
Mississippi
W. F. Amsden
Kan
H. K. Aiken
Gordon H. McCoy
Drought Widespread as Jeff Davis Cattle Die
Austin May 9 J W Merrill county surveyor of Jeff Davis county reports cattle dying in the district due to prolonged drought.
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Austin
J. W. Merrill
Jeff Davis County
Lewis Offered Another Position
Waco May 9 state secretary of the Young Men Christian Association has been offered the post of superintendent of missions for the Central Texas presbytery and will accept.
Brothers Drowned Bathing in Arkansas River Near Little Rock
John Crawford aged 15 and his brother James aged 8 drowned while bathing in the Arkansas river near Little Rock. The elder's body was recovered.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
John Crawford
James
Arkansas River
Here
Train Crash Kills Two Near Everett Wash
Engineer Michael J. Rielly and Brakeman A L Kittle died when their engine crashed through a trestle into a gulch about 25 feet below near Everett Washington on May 9.
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Everett
Wash
Michael J. Rielly
A. L. Kittle
Cholera Totals Updated for Manila and Provinces
Cholera statistics as of May 9 show Manila with 867 cases and 706 deaths while provinces report 2452 cases and 1805 deaths.
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Manila
Women and Jewels Advertisement Claim
Women prefer jewels candy and flowers but health is vital for earning money. Dr Boschee German Syrup is advertised as stopping coughs colds and bronchial troubles and helping prevent consumption. Available at Wilson Jenkins Drug Co Bryan with Green's reliable remedies and the Almanac.
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Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parson’s
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Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Bryan
Simon Sam
Haytis
Solomon
Hippolyte
Lake Charles, I.a
Hurn
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Federation of Women’s Clubes
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