Vast Eruption Destroys St Pierre and Martinique
Reports from Castries and Paris detail Mount Pelee's May eruption at St Pierre, wiping out the city and its 40,000 inhabitants. Lava surged five miles to the sea, incinerating Guerin sugar works and surrounding areas. Rescue efforts saved a few, while thousands lie dead or unidentifiable as the island burns.
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Castries
St. Lucia
Mount Pelee
St. Pierre
Martinique
Riviere Blanche
Guerin Sugar
Island
Plissono
St. Vincent
M. Plissono
West Indian & Panama Telegraph Company
Quebec
Roraima
Muggah
Roddam
Bordeaux
France
Fort de France
Mont Pelee
Blanche
Guerin
le Carbet
le Prechsur
Suchet
Pouver Quertier
Treasury
Corbet
M. Mouttet
Trade turmoil cuts output as demand soars and storms rage
New York dispatch notes consumptive demand at record highs while production stalls due to labor strife and a tornado. Tin plate plants idle for a month, foundries ruined, and many shops closed. Wool prospects improve, wheat yields look normal, exports drop week over week. Rail traffic remains heavy. railway earnings rise. Failures: 219 in U S, 24 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Dun
United States
Canada
Wheat Report From Portland and Tacoma Markets
Wheat prices show quiet but steady activity with Walla Walla at 66 cents for bluestem at 67 cents, and in Tacoma prices steady with bluestem 66 and club 65 cents.
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Portland
Walla Walla
Bluestem
Tacoma
Club
Volcanic Eruptions Roil Caribbean Islands May 11
Reports from Castries Kingston and Guadeloupe describe the St Vincent eruption with northern island flames lava flows and ash showers reaching 150 miles away. Fatalities feared as Georges Belair and surrounding districts suffer lava and ash destruction while Curacao and Martinique crews report heavy damage and tremors.
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Castries
St. Lucia
British West Indies
Island of
St. Vincent
Kingston
Willemstad
Curacao
Pedemonte
la Guayara
Gulf of Para
Island of St. Vincent
W. L
Soufriere
Wallibou
Richmond Valley
Chateau Belair
Stolen thunder proverb hints at unexpected effects
A brief note discusses the saying that taking thunder from the skies yields little benefit, implying that attempted storms do not bring promised gains and cautioning against deceptive shortcuts.
Happenings Across Hemispheres Review Skims Deaths and Disasters
Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor Jesse Stone has died. A deadly landslide in Emilia killed thirteen. British ambassador Lord Pauncefote is seriously ill. A longshoreman nicknamed Cockney George was shot dead in Portland. Alice Robertson earns a PhD at UC, the third woman to do so. George Ross dies at 111 in St Martins. A killer fears punishment after confessing at police HQ. Truckee Lumber plant is razed. Drownings near Carson City claim two young sisters. Queen Wilhelmina’s health improves but bulletins drop to once daily. A Somerset boy shoots his friend then kills himself. Fruit trees suffer frost damage in NY and MA. A brutal homicide in Bridgeport as Bressano kills chef Tornish with a meat cleaver.
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Jesse Stone
Wisconsin
Marola
Emilia
Lord Pauncefote
Cockney George
James Williams
Portland
Alice Robertson
Washington
University of California
St. Martins
N. B
George Ross
St. John County
Bressano
Tornish
Truckee Lumber Company
Truckee
California
Ida
Lola Vonderhyde
George Vonderhyde
Hames
Carson
Nev
Gardener’s Dam
Carson River
Castle Loo
Wilhelmina
Mark McIlivaine
Somerset
Bricker
McIlvaine
New York
Massachusetts
Bridgeport
Conn
Lawrence Breseiano
Atlantic
Michael Tornish
Cheribon wreck and flag incident near Acajutla reported
The Cheribon struck Remedios reef near Acajutla on April 12. Captain Pitt and crew escaped in boats to shore. Mogeant, an American, claimed cargo of 28,000 sacks of coffee and hoisted the American flag over the Chilean vessel before legal action corrected the act. Yale crew defeats Navy 9:40 in annual race.
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San Francia
Pacifi Mail
Newport
Cheribon
Remedios Reef
Acalutte
Pitt
Acajutla
Acajutlan
Mogeant
Moysant
United States
Tiled
Thyssol Wee
Pacifi Steam Navigation Company
Everyday Matters, An Original Genius Commentary
A column of humorous and pointed reflections on daily life and manners. It lampoons common beliefs about luck, ambition, and gender roles, with quips about enthusiasm, modern dress, and parental advice. The piece moves through social mores and street wisdom in a witty, old time tone.
Life in Japan An outline of diet and customs
The article describes Japanese dietary habits noting no milk use, reliance on rice, fish, shellfish, and seaweed, and exclusive non use of alcohol. It mentions mothers breast feeding through early childhood, substitutes like bean products for dairy, and claims tuberculous exposure varies by altitude and social class.
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Japan
Cod Liver Oil from Beans Dialogue at Show
Between acts a medical student and a young woman discuss disagreeable medicines. The exchange centers on cod liver oil and castor oil with playful confusion about beans. The moment ends when the crowd suppresses laughter as the joke lands.
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M. Delassen
St.Pierre
The
Tribune
Mail
Trade Report
Wheat Report
Vincent
St. Vincet
Dominica
Eoen
Georgetown
Windward
Guadeloupe
Pointe-a-Pitre
China
Victoria
Tung Ful-Saing
Tung
Sining
Kan-su
Pekin
Henan
Pi-yang
Tang-hsien
Heung
Hupee
Chang-chitung
Slan-hakwan
Prince Komatsu
Yokohama
London
Lake States
Detroit
Mich
Lower Peninsula
Michigan
Plainfield
Wis
Cleveland
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Vicente Gomez
Carupano
Bermudese
Venezuela
Restaurador
Agosta
Zambador
Gomez
Cumana
Gulf of Caricao
Memphis
Tenn
Bonnerville
Ark
Jonesboro
Bonnersville
Bonnereville
World's News
Yale
Annapolis
Yale Col Xe
Navy
Atchison Globe Lights
Biss
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