Eruption of Mont Pelee Devastates Martinique Island
Reports from New York dated September 5 describe Mont Pelee's August eruption at Morne Rouge enlarging the crater. The island is largely buried in ash, fires rage, and evacuees seek ships to escape to nearby islands as Colonel Lecover calls for aid to move residents.
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New York
Martinique
Guadaloupe
Pitre
The
Herald
Mont Pelee
Morne Lacroix
Pelee
Morne Capote
Fort de France
Constantine Carra
Morne Rouge
Esk
Grande Anse
Lecover
Mont Pelee Eruption Not Mentioned In Dispatches
Paris reports the colonial minister received a cable from Port de France dated September 3 about funds provided to the governor. No eruption news since August 30. Guadaloupe dispatches say Suchet arrived at Basse Terre and calm is restored in Martinique.
East St. Louis Shooting Ends Fatally After Chase
Edward Brown, a Black man, was shot by local citizens after a pursuit prompted by a 12 year old girl Annia Gates crying she was chased by a Black man. Brown escaped custody, was shot again, and died at a hospital minutes later.
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East St. Louis
Edward Brown
Annia Gates
Brown
Actress shoots her fiancé on stage and takes own life
New York report says Julia Pakey an actress shot Julius Bardos during a stage scene after their engagement ended. Bullets were loaded in place of blanks and Bardos died. Pakey then killed herself by slitting her veins.
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New York
Julia Pakey
Julius Bardos
Bardos
Julia
Julius
Miss Pakey
New York and Chicago Road Association Treasurer Heads West
Wm. L. Dickinson, treasurer of the New York and Chicago Road association, began an automobile trip to Chicago as a first step toward building a New York Chicago boulevard. He will report to the association after inspecting the roads.
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New York
Chicago
Wm. L. Dickinson
Wisconsin Democrats Refuse Kansas City Platform Endorsement
The Wisconsin Democratic state convention rejected endorsing the Kansas City platform and debated decoupling from rumors about lieutenant governor nominee Joan Wattawee. Wattawee refused to withdraw, and the convention moved to assemble a slate, with limited success and several names considered for the rest of the ticket.
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Milwaukee
Joan W. Wattawee
Federal court tolls sale in cattle theft case at Paris
At the Paris Texas spring term final judgment was entered against Sidney and Bud Burch for cattle theft and against James Matthews and Chas Smith as their sureties on a forfeited bond for $1000 plus costs. The U S marshal was ordered to seize Smiths property but an injunction was granted to halt the sale while compromise negotiations proceed.
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Paris
Tex
Sidney
Bud Burch
James Matthews
Chas. Smith
United States
Indian Territory
Smith
D. E. Bryant
Chambers
Sherman
Prisoner Escapes After Blows To Officer In Beaumont
Beaumont Texas reports Special Police Officer Blevins marching a jailed suspect for beating a woman when the prisoner attacked, knocked him down and stole the pistol. The assailant fled after delivering several blows. the weapon was found in a saloon. Blevins suffered a severe scalp wound but no serious injury.
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Beaumont
Tex
Blevins
Farmer Rafe Hughes Shot Near Forney
In Terrell Texas on September 5 Rafe Hughes a 45 year old farmer was mortally wounded by a shotgun blast near Forney The buckshot entered Hughes mouth severing his tongue and destroying his vocal organs He remained alive Thursday morning but there were no hopes for recovery Sam Ashley his son in law surrendered in Forney to authorities.
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Terrell
Tex
Rafe Hughes
Forney
Hughes
Sam Ashley
War casualties reported from Mindanao engagement
Acting adjutant general received a cable from General Chaffee in Manila stating James Foley and Henry C. Varri of the Twenty seventh Infantry were killed at Vicars Camp on Mindanao. Otis Van Dorn was seriously wounded and Peter Christensen was lightly wounded in the same engagement.
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Washington
Chaffee
Manila
James Foley
Henry C. Varri
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Vicars Camp
Island of Mindanao
Otis van Dorn
Peter Christensen
Farmer killed at crossing near Waco on Katy line
Waco Texas Sept 5 John J Queen a McLennan county farmer returning home on horseback was struck and crushed by a southbound Katy freight train at a crossing six miles north of Waco The horse and rider were ground to fragments at the scene near his residence.
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Waco
Tex
John J. Queen
McLennan County
Katy
Couple Committed Gas Fatality After Job Struggle
Des Moines residents James B. Taylor and his wife, unable to find work, blamed greedy corporations in a letter to the public and turned on the gas. The husband died and the wife was dying in their boarding house room.
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Des Moines
James B. Taylor
Corporation
Trusts
Elmer Aiken Found Alive After Beach Drowning Rumor
Reliable information says Elmer Aiken Tremont hotel manager, feared drowned after his clothes and artificial arm were found at Murdoch's bathhouse, is alive in an infirmary in Houston.
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Galveston
Elmer Aiken
Tremont
Galveston Beach
Murdoch
Houston
Bonds Increase On Annona Shooting Case
Bob Simmons died from wounds suffered in a shooting at Annona days earlier in Clarksville Texas. George Daniel, previously bailed at 500 dollars, posted a new bond for 2600 dollars to answer the charge.
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Clarksville
Tex
Bob Simmons
Annona
George Daniel
Emperor Frederick statue unveiled at Posen
A statue of Emperor Frederick was unveiled in Posen on Thursday in the presence of Emperor William Empress Victoria Crown Prince Frederick William Count Von Buelow cabinet ministers and many other notables.
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Posen
Prussia
Emperor Frederick
Emperor William
Empress Victoria
Frederick William
Count von Buelow
Roosevelt to Review Grand Army Veterans Parade
President Roosevelt accepts invitation to review the veterans parade during the Grand Army of the Republic encampment on Wednesday October 8 in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Grand Army of the Republic
Wreck Victim Died in Brownwood Texas
Mia R. M. Humphries of Brownwood died from injuries suffered in the Santa Fe wreck Tuesday night. The remaining injured are expected to recover.
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Brownwood
Tex
R. M. Humphries
Santa Fe
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