Island Horror as Martinique Volcano Destroys St Pierre
The Rodam reports St Pierre, Martinique, wiped out by volcanic disturbances with much of the port and shipping destroyed. Survivors recount the captain steering through fires while crew suffer severe burns. Fort de France sends aid as debris clearance begins and bodies are to be burned.
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St. Thomas
D. W
Rodam
Freeman
St. Lana
Martinique
St. Pierre
Quebec Steamship Company
Reraimare
Hoedam
Castries
Roddam
Fort de France
St. Parc
Suchet
Tistesto
Petra
St. Parre
Rumtetaar
Verbor
S. Tedal Wan
Mont Pelee Eruption Devastates St Pierre Town
The eruption of Mont Pelee devastates St Pierre on Martinique. Fires and ash overwhelm the town as thousands flee toward the hills. The British steamer Roddam reports a blazing cloud of smoke and glowing embers sweeping over the harbor with casualties among crew and residents.
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Porte
St Pierre
Stk
Sto Pern
Mias
Howe
Matias
Dava
Talib
St. Pierre
Roddam
St. Lucia
Martinique
Castries
Whatter
St. Pierre At & A. m
Joseph Plissono
Senate acts to aid Martinique and Jamaica disaster victims
The U S Senate approved funds for relief in Martinique and neighboring areas after the earthquake. The plan directs the Navy to use ships like the Dixie and steamers to transport medicines and necessities to the French West Indies. Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy coordinate to hasten aid and assess needs via consular reports.
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United States
Moartomeque
Senate
Puirhas Rate
St Pueer
Martinique
Witten
France
Tslanmls of Pieueh West Imdies
Sieuree
Secretary of the Navy
Mahilomechanthene
San de Sere
Ead
Maxwell
Sia Deomisce
Sans Domitage
Nest
Ube Setipaurts
APL
Vaasiued
Maddy
Brooklyn
Wilder Dixie
Dixie
Rentiar
wAfar
New York
West Indian Islands
Survivors Tell of St Pierre Disaster and Sinking Ships
In Pointe a Pitre Guadeloupe a report from the Roraima describes a sudden storm that swept St Pierre harbor. Eighteen vessels were wrecked with the governor killed and streets strewn with debris and bodies.
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Pointe-a
Emkoush
Half Million for Sufferers in French West Indies
Senate action reports a joint resolution to appropriate 500000 pounds including 200000 dollars already set aside to aid the stricken people of the French West Indies and St Vincent. The relief funds will be directed by the President to provide prompt, efficient aid.
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Washington
Senate
Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
French West Indies
St. Vincent
Grand Army Men Largest State Encampment at Indianapolis
The Indiana G A R held its twenty third annual encampment in Tomlinson Hall drawing veterans and others to Indianapolis during the monument dedication week. Attendance looked like a state record with thousands arriving by rail and interurban cars. debates covered charter issues, home conditions, and resolutions praising the U S effort in the Philippines while denouncing critics at home.
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Indianapolis
Indiana G. A. R
Wuirigus
Tomlinson Hall
Yelock
Starr
Committee On
Philippines
Jacob Smith
Albert R. Tucker
Committee On Resolutions
United States
Philippine Islands
Union
Spain
Indiana
R. S. Foster
Department of Indiana
J. 8. Dodge
H. M. Caylor
G. ¥. Stuart
L. Burget
Pittsburg Blast Kills Many In Naphtha Car Explosion
A deadly naphtha car explosion at the Sherader yards of a Pittsburgh area railroad lit up the night. Twenty four people died and about twenty were badly burned with many likely to die. Spectators fled as flames and explosions swept the crowd, ambulances and physicians rushing to aid victims.
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Pittsburg
Sherader
Parnhagdle
Sheruden
Sheracen
Palma at Havana Arrival Celebrated by Hoisting Flag over Morro
A Cuban flag was raised over Morro Castle at twenty minutes past midnight as the Julia, bearing President-elect Estrada Palma and his party, neared Havana. crowds cheered the flag and a band played the national hymn as vessels saluted. The event marked a historic first flag over Morro Castle beside the Cuban banner.
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Havana
Morro Castle
Julia
Estrada Palma
Famos
Morro
Senate Chamber
Matanzas
Maine
Esteve
Senor Estrada Palma
Senora Durio
Cuba
Wood
Senor Estrad Palma
Maximo Gomez
General Gomez
Boy dies after self-inflicted gunshot bet in Connersville
Gienny Benniger, 13, and his younger brother were hunting when he claimed he would not be afraid to shoot himself. He placed the gun against his groin and fired with his foot, dying minutes later.
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Connersville
Ind
Gienny Benninger
McCoy Arrested Over Vaccinated Voters in Vincennes
Dr J N Mc Coy a prominent physician and Republican politician is under arrest in Vincennes Indiana on charges of releasing smallpox patients from quarantine and voting them at the city election. He is adjutant of the First Regiment Indiana National Guard and his case has caused a sensation. Authorities acting on orders from Secretary Beckes of the Board of Health a Democrat.
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Vincennes
Ind
J. N. McCoy
Farmer Nobly Cosby Suicide in Graham Township Orchard
Madison Ind special reports Noble Cosby a 50 year old prominent farmer borrowed a revolver from a neighbor Saturday afternoon to kill a dog. While his family was away he shot himself through the right temple in his orchard. His life at locals o clock.
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Madison
Ind
Noble Cosby
Graham Township
LA O'Clock
Death of W N Haldeman Courier Journal leader dies after streetcar crash
Walter N Haldeman president of the Louisville Courier Journal and Times Company died Tuesday morning from injuries suffered last Friday when struck by a street car. Born in Maysville Kentucky in 1827 he rose from clerk to newspaper magnate guiding the Courier through Civil War disruptions and postwar consolidation. He also led the Louisville Times beginning in 1884 and remained a Breckinridge Democrat during the 1860s.
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Louisville
Walter N. Haldeman
Louisville Courier- Journal and Times Company
Haldeman
Walter Newman Haldeman
Maysville
Maveridle Academy
The
Louisville Journal
Stts
William Metcalfe
Cincinnati
Louisville Daily Dime
Courier
Robert Anderson
Bowling Green
Nashville
Tenn
Journal
Courier-Journal
Consolidated Company
Walter N Haldeman Hart Struck by Trolley in Louisville
Walter N Haldeman president of the Louisville Courier Journal Company was struck by a trolley car at Fourth and York streets while crossing the tracks. He suffered a severe scalp wound and a sprained shoulder. He is over 60 and aged, with uneasiness due to his advanced age though injuries not necessarily dangerous.
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Louisville
Walter N. Halfeman
Louisville Courier-Journal Company
Fourth and
York Streets
Haldeman
Queen Regent Retires from Spain After Sixteen Years
Christina of Austria ends her regency as Spain’s Queen Regent. Premier Sagasta and ministers visited the palace to witness her farewell and receive decrees finalizing her tenure. Her regency effectively ends, though she remains Queen Regent until the king’s oath before the Chambers.
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Madrid
Spain
Sagasta
Duke of Cumberland
Crimes of a Father at Fairmount Indiana
Nathan Mc Coy a 50 year old farmer was arrested after a sensational affidavit by his son Frank alleging crimes involving four daughters aged 11 to 19. Two daughters testified at a preliminary hearing as Mc Coy sat with head bowed. Bound over to the grand jury in 1000 dollars and jailed in Marion as the neighborhood remains unsettled.
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Fairmount
Ind
Nathan McCoy
Frank McCoy
McCoy
Altha
Thirza
Justice Jones
Marion
Fire destroys grain elevator and storehouse in Lafayette
A Saturday blaze in Lafayette destroys the Samuel Born grain elevator on First street and a three story brick building used by James Thompson as a grain storehouse and feed salesrooms. Estimated loss about 40 000 dollars with insured amount around 13 900 dollars. contents mainly oats about 30 000 bushels plus 5 000 bushels of wheat and corn. Thompson stock loss about 5 000 dollars. Ball heirs building loss around 7 500 dollars. minor damages about 2 400.
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Lafayette
Ind
Samuel
First Street
James Thompson
Thompson
Ball Heirs
Mrs. Soffel Sentenced In Burglary Murder Case
Catherine Soffel wife of Warden Peter Soffel of Allegheny county jail pleaded guilty to releasing burglars and murderers Edward and John Biddle. Judge Frazier sentenced her to two years in Western Penitentiary. Walter Lorman received a death sentence but is expected to be commuted to life after State cooperation.
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Pittsburg
Catherine Soffel
Peter Soffel
Allegheny County
Edward
John Biddle
Kahney
Fitzgerald
Frazier
Western Penitentiary
Soffel
Walter Lorman
Biddle
Two Children Eloped From Owasco in Indiana
Flora Indiana report says George R Unger 15 and Mary Hughes 14 eloped from Owasco in a buggy belonging to Unger's father. No trace found and friends say they intend to marry and stay away until wed. Officers alerted across Indiana for the pair.
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Flora, Ind
George R. Unger
Mary Hughes
Owasco
Unger
Indiana
Elderly Indiana Woman Dies by Hanging in Vienna Area
Scottsburg Ind special report says Mrs Micke, an 86 year old blind resident living 2.5 miles southeast of Vienna, died by her own action Saturday morning by hanging herself to a bedpost.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Mickeson
Vienna
Ducks for the Mayor in Indianapolis
An African exile delivers three wild mallards to Mayor Bookwalter, carried by a janitor as the exiled man insists on presenting the birds himself. The ducks were killed by the giver after two hours in the water and were served for dinner, marking a noted gesture of friendship and ceremony.
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Bookwalter
Mistah Bookwaltah
Mistah Bookwalitah
Indianapolis
Africa
Regulus
Indianapolis Journal
Sherlock Holmes Outdone by a Deduced Ride
A Philadelphia Record note recounts Lew Derlacher narrating a Sherlock Holmes style deduction on a street car. He explains spotting Lew Bailey via a diamond at the tie and deducing Bailey was aboard the next car, leading to the needed information on the pugilist.
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Sherlock Holmes
Lew Derlacher
Imine
Lew Bailey
Bailey
Lew
Philadelphia
Revord
Lord Roberts and the Surreptitious Cat Tale
A historical anecdote recalls Lord Roberts dining in India where he insisted a cat was present. His hosts swore no cat could enter, yet Roberts grew faint and had to leave the table. A hidden cat behind a screen was later revealed, shocking the hosts.
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Bobs
Lord Roberts
India
Campaign Paradox Quips About Income Outcome
A Washington Star quotation captures a candid exchange with an office seeker. When asked the campaign’s likely result the candidate replies with uncertainty and a wry hope for income from the endeavor.
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Washington Star
Nothing to Lose
Dialogue snippet from a Philadelphia Press item featuring a child named Willie protesting pie and a parent warning of illness in a terse domestic exchange. The fragment presents no broader event or context.
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Willie
Philadelphia Press
Often the Case Jasper What makes Jimson so sour
A clipped dialogue notes a petty grievance. Jumpuppe mocks Jimson for a past unloved success and his ongoing belief that he deserves reward he did not earn. The exchange hints at pride and entitlement within a witty overheard moment of Life.
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Jasper
Jimson
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