Wrecked Vessel of Immigrants Drifts Ashore Off North Carolina
A barkentine Vera Cruz III carrying 438 Portuguese immigrants was driven off course and wrecked near Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Of the passengers, 390 are men and one died from starvation. Survivors are cared for along the coast as a revenue cutter sails to bring them to New Bedford, Massachusetts. The ship had sailed from the Cape Verde Islands bound for New Bedford when the storm struck two weeks earlier.
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Carolina Coast
Norfolk
Ocracoke Inlet
NJ. C
revenue
New Bedford
Mass
North Carolina
government sea coast
Hatteras
N.C
Vara Cruz
Cape Verde Islands
New Hedford
Massachusetts
Acracoke
Rescue plan abandoned as inspection seeks Vera Cruz salvage
Government rates charge of the make revenue cutter Boutwwell, The Merritt and Chapman Wrecking Company first intended sending the steamer Rescue to make an immediate attempt to save the Vera Cruz, which was high and dry, but later this plan was abandoned and Agent W. Tookert left here by rail to inspect the vessel and determine if she is worth saving.
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Boutwwell
Merritt and Chapman Wrecking Company
Rescue
Vera Cruz
W. 8. Tooket
Third Bach Festival Opens to Broad Acclaim in Bethlehem
Bethlehem May 12 The third Bach festival opened in Moravian Church with a trombone choir greeting. The programme featured Sleepers Wake Magnificat D with Theodore Thomas Cincinnati chorus. soloists Miss Em TMc Stewart Miss Lucy A Brickenstein Miss Marguerite Hall John Young and Herbert Withereppon delivered strong performances before a large national musical audience. The first night drew overwhelming congratulations to Director J Fred Wolle. The afternoon concert announced the Christmas oratorio with 110 chorister numbers and a 60 member orchestra.
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Bethlehem
America
Theodore Thomas
Cincinnati chorus
Rusia
China
Shanghai
Chinese foreign office
Manchuria
Cure
Berlin
Seal
Emerson centennial honors to honor New England poet
May 25 in Concord will host a literary celebration for Ralph Waldo Emerson marking his birth centennial. Senator Hoar Professor Eliot Norton Colonel Wentworth Jo gginson and Professor William James of Harvard will speak with Ellen Emerson, the poet’s eldest daughter, remaining at his Concord home.
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Ralph a Waldo Mmerson
Concord
Mass
United States
Newngland
eld
Senator Hoar
Charles
Eliot ‘Norton
Thomas
Wentworth Jogginson
Milliam James
Harvard
Emersot
minis
Misa Ellen ‘Mmerton
President at Big Tree Grove Object Lesson on Vandalism
President Roosevelt visited Santa Cruz County California and balked at tourists leaving cards on the giant redwood. He condemned the de facement of the trees and urged Californians to stop the practice. A tree was named after him as the reception committee planned. He departed for Palo Alto after the event.
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San Jose
Cal
Roosevelt
vandaliam
Santa tie
don
California
Palo Alto
Express Messenger Confesses In Stolen Cash Recovery
Detectives recovered all but 200 of the 20000 dollars stolen from a United States Express Company shipment from Pottsville to Philadelphia. Messenger William J Murphy admitted guilt after initial questioning and led detectives to 19800 dollars buried in a friend’s cellar. He served 15 years with the company and faced a hearing.
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Philadelphia
United States Express Company
Pottsville
William J. Murphy
Safe Deposit Bank of
Tradesmen’s, National Bank
Murphy
Slot machines seized in Philadelphia to be destroyed
Philadelphia May 12 On Tuesday May 19 another big slot machine bonfire is planned at 32d street and Lancaster avenue. 700 machines seized by the city from stores and club houses will be destroyed with about $1600 in proceeds turned over to the city treasurer. District Attorney Bell joined in the petition for destruction. owners were notified by postcard with no responses. Judge McCarthy ordered destruction. Director Smyth attended and supported destruction of 600 additional machines from police raids.
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Philadelphia
Lancaster “avenue
Gibboney
Law ‘and Order Society
Quarter Sessions
Bell
McCarthy
Director of Public Safety
Smyth
police department
Wild Jump in Cotton Sets New Season Highs
A wild cotton market pushed prices up sharply in New York and New Orleans. Spot and options across exchanges surged beyond all previous highs for this season’s crop. Also reports of mass hunger in Kwang Si and relief efforts in Hong Kong, plus recent baseball scores from the National and American Leagues.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Hong Kong
Nanking
Tsan-Fu
Kwang Si
Heng Kong
Opposes Canal Treaty as Marroquin Resigns
Washington May 12. Private advices from Colombia say three elements oppose ratification of the Panam canal treaty. One favors perpetual U.S. control, another fears internal strife, and a revolutionary faction worries Colombian treasury gains will embolden the regime. Dr. Hertan, Colombian charge d affaires, has no official word on congress stance. The regular session opens June 20. finance reform and canal terms loom large as the United States is offered 10 million dollars.
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Colombia
Washington
United States
Hertan
congress
nerals eHulhy
Colombian Government Resigns Over Canal Sale Offer
A report states Colombia’s government will resign amid talks that the Panama Canal Company offered it 12 million dollars of the 40 million the United States owes for canal property. The government denies any demand for payment. The next step is ratification of a treaty by Colombia’s congress. Meanwhile, Joaquin Miller, famed Sierra poet, was rumored dead in Oakland but later found alive, causing distress to his wife and daughter. Humbert fraud cases move to trial in Paris, while Quebec Police Chief Captain Frank Pennell dies on a train en route to New Orleans.
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Colombia
Panama. Canal
Canal ‘Company
United States
canal company
Oakland
San Francisco
Butte
Mont
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Saratoga
California
Humbelarts
Paris
Leydat
Humbert
Therese Humbert
Frederick
Eve Humbert
Therese
Marie Daurignac
Moe. Hubert
St. Louis
Frank Pennell
Quebec
Canada
Toledo
New Orleans
convention of chiefs of police
Gespie
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