Spectacular Fire and Earthquakes Mark Martinique Eruption
London dispatch describes Aug. 20 observations from Castries St. Lucia of Mount Pelee activity. A black cloud over Martinique sent pillars of flame and fiery sparks, with large aureoles lighting the sky. Tremendous earthquakes wrecked interiors, ash falls halted boats to St. Pierre, and a tidal wave swept Le Carbet's shore.
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London
Daily Mail
Castries
St. Lucia
Mount Pelee
Martinique
St. Pierre
le Carbet
Mont Pelee Disaster Leaves Over a Thousand Dead
Castries reports 1160 killed and 1500 injured after Mont Pelee eruption. Waves of fiery debris spread five miles east, destroying Morne Rouge and surrounding villages. Survivors reach Fort de France. ships evacuate coast towns as other volcanoes erupt nearby.
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B. W.I
Mont Pelee
Martinique
St. Pierre
Mont Peles
Morne Rouge
Fort de France
St. Kitts
St. Vincent
Trinidad
Confederate reunion speakers named for Missouri event
Telegrams of acceptance reach the reunion committee for ex Confederates led by Senator Berry of Arkansas Senator Correll of Missouri and Private John Allen of Mississippi. They will attend the reunion and deliver addresses in St Joseph Missouri on September 4.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Berry
Arkansas
Cockrell
Missouri
John Allen
Mississippi
Boxers Proclamation Cites Canton Slaughter and Indemnity
A Boxer proclamation posted at Canton cites the slaughter of foreigners and threatens work on the Canton Hanchow railroad while calling for funds to pay foreign indemnity. Also dated Sept 4, in Seasion Cleburne Texas, mentions the Twelfth.
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Kingston
Castillia
St. Thomas
Hayti
Hong Kong
Canton
Canton-Hanchow
Thirteen Killed by Explosion at Tredegar Coal Mine
London reports a Tredegar Iron Company colliery blast near Rymsley in Monmouthshire with 112 men underground. Thirteen confirmed dead and seventeen seriously injured as rescue efforts continue.
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London
Tredegar Iron Company
Rymsley
Monmouthshire
Editor shot down at his home in San Francisco
Fred Marriott publisher of the San Francisco News Letter was shot three times at his house. The assailants were Truxton Beale and Thomas H Williams Jr. Beale struck Marriott and Williams fired the first shots then more followed as Marriott fell. Mrs Marriott survived a head wound.
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San Francisco
Fred Marriott
San Francisco News-Letter
Thomas H. Williams, Jr
California Jockey Club
Truxton Frale
United States
Persia
Greece
Marriott
Williams
Truxton Beale
Beale
Kitchen Maid Shot On Huntington Estate
On Huntington estate at Throggs Neck a gardener assistant Daniel Hawkins fired on Elizabeth Connell a 24 year old kitchen maid. Connell lies near death from three wounds while Hawkins was arrested after leaping into the sound. Cause of the shooting is unknown and Hawkins has made no statement.
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Gardner
Huntington
New York
Throgg’s Neck
Collis P. Huntington
Elizabeth Connell
Daniel Hawkins
Hawkins
Testing Constitution A Negro Seeks Injunction Against Alabama
Giles W. Jackson, a negro, files in the U S circuit court for an injunction against Alabama's new constitution. He asks registrars to be barred from omitting his and other qualified negroes' names from the registration list and seeks declarations of constitutional flaws in the constitution. Previous injunction bids were denied.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Giles W. Jackson
Circuit Court of the United States
Jackson
Attack at Montauk Forces Sail and Marines Land
Montauk on Long Island was attacked by enemy ships early today as the Mayflower Panther and Supply appeared in Fort Pond Bay at 5 o’clock. Weather was misty allowing surprise entry. An official dispatch says ten boatloads of Marines from two cruisers landed at Montauk to attack the signal station.
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Montauk
L. I
Fort Pond Bay
New London
Conn
Army Headquarters
Monearly
Negro Attempts Assault in Memphis Police Seek Suspect
Police search for a Black man who attempted an assault in Memphis on September 4. The incident prompted a manhunt as officers review reports and witness statements to identify the suspect.
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Memphis
Attack on Miss Nora UWwelh Reported in Sault Ste Marie
A man attacked Miss Nora UWwelh and her sister on a Wednesday night in Sault Ste Marie. The assailant seized Nora, but both sisters resisted and he fled after their screams alerted nearby witnesses.
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Nora
Death of Cincinnati Head Waiter Linked to Divorce Plot
Sensational developments report head waiter George Conrad of the Gibson house died by his own action after a letter to a prominent businessman's wife surfaced. The note allegedly promised to drown her with Mrs. Conrad in a boat on the Ohio River, amid divorce proceedings.
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Cincinnati
George Conrad
Gibson House
Conrad
Martial Law Restores Order in Agram Streets
Proclamation of martial law in Agram Hungary severs military patrols as police resume control and normalize street conditions.
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Agram
Hungary
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