Earthquake toll, naval losses, and political shifts cross world
Reports from Myrtle Point note Simon's resignation in Hayti and Sampson's burial at Arlington. British press urge action on steamer strike. Missouri beef trust suit and Clay Evans consular confirmation appear amid global unrest. Earthquake at St Pierre/Martinique blamed for thousands dead. Washington opinion on M Bride. Queen Wilhelmina convalesces. Russian famine sparks agitation. trains wreck in Transvaal. Spanish ships salvaged for scrap. Wall Street jitters follow stock panic.
House Defeats Montezuma Statehood Plan In Ongoing Debate
Washington notes the House resuming consideration of the omnibus statehood bill. An Indiana amendment to combine New Mexico and Arizona as Montezuma failed 24 to majority. The bill grants enabling acts for Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico with convention powers on state naming and Indian Territory provisions.
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TP Clay Evana
London
Senate
House
Oxlahonma
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington
Overstreet
Indiana
Montezuma
Oklahoma
Congress
Indian Territory
Destruction of St Pierre as Mount Pelee erupts
Reports from St Lucia and Dominica describe Mount Pelee’s eruption destroying St Pierre Martinique. Town and port were incinerated, most inhabitants killed, and ships in port wrecked. survivors searched amid ash, lava, and fires. Population loss estimated around 40,000.
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Perang
Martiniyne
Hunties
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St Vincent
Steiner
St Pierre
Mount Pelee
Crathler
Gaercin
Doura
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Snehet
Aimes
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Oie
Tie Wife
Cuff
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Ream
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Martinique
Fort de France
French West Indies
Josephine
Pierre
Java
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Toledo Tragedy on Maumee River Launch
May 10 Toledo reports eight of eleven youths drowned when the launch Frolic, owned by Joseph Hepburn, was struck by a tug from the Great Lakes Towing Company. Survivors include Hepburn, another man, and two women. The accident occurred as the party, invited for an evening ride to Lake Erie, neared Ironville. Bodies are being recovered as the river is dragged.
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Toledo
Maumee
Arthur Woods
Great Lakes
Laanel
Joseph Hepburn
Lake Erie
Hepburn
Ironville
Mise Lowe
Arthur Marke
Beef Decay Case Probed by St Louis Grand Jury
St Louis May 10 The beef trust faces a grand jury inquiry after decayed meat was reported in the city Attorney Folk says he will subpoena Jefferson City witnesses and others with knowledge of the rotten meat scheme The aim is a thorough investigation with likely prosecutions against those selling decayed meats in St Louis
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St Louis
Beef Trust
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Folk
St Line
Penitentiary
Copper interests form new Montana ore holdings consortium
Centre New York May 10 Vice President John Maginnis of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company and related Heinze properties announce a new company treasury comprising stock in the Montana Ore Purchasing Company the Nipper Consolidated Copper Company the Minnie Healy Copper Mining Company the Cobra Rock Inland Copper Mining Company and the Belmont Copper Mining Company The group also carries 1 080 000 of the first mortgage bonds of the Montana Ore Purchasing Company and 2 500 000 of the first mortgage bonds of the Nipper Company these bonds are the only bonded indebtedness of the involved firms.
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New York
John Maginnis
Montana Ore Forechasing Company
Heinze
Treasury
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Nipper Consolidated Copper Company
Minnie Healy Copper Mining Company
Cobra-Rock Inland Copper Mining Company
Belmont Copper Mining Company
Nipper Company
Salvador Dispute Settled in U.S. Arbitration Victory
Washington reports a sweeping U.S. victory in the arbitration with the Republic of Salvador. The claim by the Salvador Commercial Company and other American stockholders in EL Triumpho Company Ltd was rejected, with the majority of the arbitral commission ruling against Salvador for 473 118.
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Washington
United States
Republic of Salvador
Salvador Commercial Company
EL Triumpho Company, Ltd
Salvador
Henry Strong
Don M Dickinson
Novelist Paul Font Shot by Brother in New York Mansion
Paul Lecester Ford Font, a novelist, was shot and killed by his brother Malcolm Webster Font, a writer and athlete, who then shot himself and died. The incident occurred at 37 East Seventy seventh Street at about 1020 AM, in a mansion Font had lived in for about a year, with insanity cited as a possible motive.
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New York
Paul Leicester Font
Malcom Webster Font
New
Paul Lercester Bord
East Seventy-seventh Street
Damage at German Prevision Plant in the Eckwards
Chicago May 12 reports damage at the German Prevision Company's plant in the Eckwards area after a tredering incident. No injuries described. Local authorities investigate causes and extent of the destruction.
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Chicago
Prevision Company
The
Needs of Alaska Proposal to Congress and federal reforms
Ex-Collector J W Ivey of Alaska met with the president and proposed early legislation for Alaska including a delegate to Congress, tax law cohesion, extension of land laws, mining law changes, locating claims by power of attorney abolition, fisheries laws revision, lighthouse construction, Valdes road completion, moving federal offices from Sitka to Juneau, fur seal protection by revenue cutters, withdrawal from the joint commission, and boundary survey by a commission. The president welcomed the ideas and asked for a full written submission.
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Customs
J W. Ivey
Alaska
Congress
United States
Valdes Waton
Sitka
Juneau
High Joint Commission
Ivey
British and American Officials Question Atlantic Shipping Plans
In London Thomas Gibson Howells pressed Lord Cranbourne in the house of commons about the Atlantic shipping combine the Panama Canal and German railroad schemes. Cranbourne said no government communications exist about the combine Panama Canal rights or Danish West Indies, or J Pierpont Morgan’s alleged role. In New York a Staten Island oil fire at Swan Flinch refinery caused explosions and a $100,000 loss across yards and tanks.
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London
Thomas Gibson Howles
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Lord Cranbourne
Aga Minor
United States
Panama Canal Company
Daniel West Indies
J. Pierpont Morgan
Turkey
Germany
Agia’ Minor
Persian Gulf
New York
Flood Drowns Nine in Oklahoma City Area
A cloudburst at Foxs 100 miles west of here Sunday night drowned nine people and left many homeless. Loot and casualties mounted as debris washed away a Choctaw railway trestle near the town. property losses are estimated near 200000 dollars. Authorities reported some bodies recovered and rescue work continuing.
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Oklahoma City
O. J
Foxs
Surrender of Santo Domingo Capital Reported
Dispatches from Monte Crieto on May 10 state Santo Domingo, the capital, surrendered Friday to revolutionary forces led by Vice President Vacques. News confirms pacification and peace in the western region, with surrounding districts capitulating and authorities acknowledging control.
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Monte Crieto
Sannto Domingo
Domingo
Vacques
Samto Dow
Desy
Governos
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