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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
5
London dispatch from Castries Saint Lucia reports Aug 30 sighting during Mount Pelee eruption. A black cloud with pillars of flame and aureoles lit the sky while earthquakes shook Le Carbet and Le Carbet’s sea front was destroyed by a tidal wave.
In Martinique the Mont Pelee eruption devastates a wide zone beyond St Pierre. Gendarmes report 1160 killed and 1500 injured as warships evacuate coast villages. Survivors say the eruption is the most violent yet with detonations heard as far as St Kitts and Trinidad.
Fred Marriott publisher of the San Francisco News-Letter was shot three times at his home by an assailant named during a confrontation involving Truxton Beale and Williams Jr. Beale struck Marriott, Williams fired multiple shots. Mrs Marriott witnessed the attack.
Coast telephone service reports another violent eruption of the Soufriere volcano on St. Vincent observed at midnight Wednesday. Castries B. W. 1. Sept. 4.
A cable from Guadaloupe’s governor reports Morne Capote greatly damaged by Mount Pelee eruption and Basse Pointe Heights burned. The alert follows seismic activity and ongoing rescue efforts in the island territory.
The German steamer Castillia reports a heavy fall of volcanic dust 800 miles at sea and says the Hayti coast is completely obscured by the haze from the dust after arriving at Kingston from St Thomas.
Telegrams of acceptance reach the arrangements committee for a reunion of ex Confederates. Senator Berry of Arkansas Senator Cockrell of Missouri and Private John Allen of Mississippi will attend and deliver addresses in St Joseph Missouri on September 4.
A Boxer proclamation posted in Canton urges action against foreigners citing the slaughter of foreigners. It declares plans to begin work on the Canton Hauchow railroad and to collect funds for foreign indemnity payments.
In Cleburne Texas on September 4 the Twelfth session closes with concise proceedings. Officials reported routine business and committee actions before adjourning for the day. Local observers noted modest attendance and steady community interest.
The text notes a third convention in two months to nominate a candidate for the district. It records that 6071 ballots have been cast.
London September 4. An explosion shook the Tredegar Iron Company colliery near Aumley Monmouthshire while 112 men were underground. Thirteen men are dead and seventeen seriously injured.
In New York on September 4 a garden laborer Daniel Hawkins attacked Elizabeth Connell a 24 year old kitchen maid on the Huntington estate at Throggs Neck. Connell lies near death from gunshot wounds to lung and arm while Hawkins was arrested after leaping into the sound.
Giles W. Jackson, a negro, asks the U S circuit court in Montgomery for an injunction blocking Alabama's new constitution. He seeks to compel registrars to include his name and other qualified black citizens on the registration list and demands clauses of the constitution be ruled unconstitutional. Two earlier attempts to enjoin the constitution were denied.
Montauk on September 4 reports an early morning assault by enemy ships. The Mayflower appeared in Fort Pond bay at five o'clock, followed by the Panther and the Supply. Weather was misty making detection difficult until entry.
Official dispatch from New London dated September 4 reports ten boatloads of marines from two cruisers landed at Moneron early today to attack the signal station.
Police in Memphis search for a Black man who attempted an assault, details incomplete from the fragmentary report dated September 4, with investigators reviewing witnesses and nearby locations for clues.
sensational developments in Cincinnati follow the death of the Gibson householder last Tuesday. authorities allege the suicide stemmed from a letter by Conrad to the wife of a prominent business man involved in a divorce suit, promising to drown her in the Ohio River aboard a boat.
Martial law proclamations in Agram Hungary have restored order with police replacing military patrols in the streets. The shift ends the recent disruption as authorities maintain control.
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